Review by Choice Review
Growing pains of the young British Labour party are vividly described in this important and interesting collection of 12 essays covering the party's first eight years. The editor K.D. Brown (Queen's University, Belfast), begins with a well-written paper that integrates the studies, which are concerned with the organization and composition of the party in England, Scotland, Wales, and in the municipalities. Labour's stand on the major issues of pre-WW I Britain, i.e., education, welfare, women's suffrage, Ireland, and foreign affairs, are also scrutinized. Two essays cover the party press and Labour's relations with trade unions. These short and succinct pieces, written by academics in the British Isles, include factual information as well as new insights and interpretations valuable for both beginning students and scholars. The copious footnotes provide an excellent bibliography that can be mined for further elucidation and research. Indexed. A worthy addition to all academic libraries, community college level and above.-I.M. Roth, Foothill College
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
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