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.