J J Smyth.


J J Smyth. Labour in Glasgow, 1896-1936: Socialism, Suffrage, Sectarianism. (Scottish Historical Review Monograph No. 11) East Linton, UK: Tuckwell Pres 2000 Pp ix, 228 $2695 paper. ISBN 1-86232-137-X

Finding electoral succes in a city as it is as Glasgow, where there existed great sectional, sectarian, and racial divisions within Labour's "natural" constituency, would in no degree be easy (p.21). If Labour was to triumph in Scotland they would ne to be a succes in Glasgow. As the author argues Glasgow was "the sort of place crucial to Labour's lengthy term ...



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