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Labour in the City: The Development of the Labour Party in Manchester, 1918-31.(Book review)
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December 22, 2008|
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Labour in the City: The Development of the Labour Party in Manchester, 1918-31. By Declan McHugh. (Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2006. Pp. xi, 222. $50.00.)
This useful study analyzes how the Labour Party's attempt after 1918 to move from its infancy as an essentially working-class movement to a party of mass membership based on a broader constituency was reflected in the political affiliations and voting patterns of industrial Manchester. On the whole, the project reflected in the new 1918 constitution of the party had only modest success by ...
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