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Cover image for book Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London

Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London

The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889
By:Gloria Clifton
Publisher:Bloomsbury UK
Print ISBN:9781474241212
eText ISBN:9781474241229
Edition:1
Copyright:2015
Format:Page Fidelity

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This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.

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