Local History
Introduction: The online resource for local working class and trade union history in Scotland. 
The Industrial Revolution & the beginning of the Trade Union Movement (1750 to 1850)
From beginnings of trade unions in Scotland to Chartism
The 'Golden Age' (1851 to 1899)
Trade Unionism and working-class history in the heyday of British Imperialism.
New Unionism - Revolution in the Air (1900 to 1918)
General unions form and find their strength.
The Great War & beyond (1919 to 1938)
From World War One through revolutions, the General Strike and the Hungry Thirties.
WWII & the Welfare State (1939 to 1960)
Delivering the Welfare State
The Swinging Sixties pre 'Thatcherism' (1961 to 1978)
The changing Scotland: from Inward Investment, de industrialisation through the Poll Tax and on to a Scottish Parliament.
'The Thatcher Years' (1979 to 1996)
From Thatcher to the end of Conservative rule
Current challenges & direction (1997...)
The challenges facing the Trade Union Movement in Scotland today
