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Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London : The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clifton, Gloria.
- Series:
- History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal services--History--19th century--London--England.
- Municipal services.
- Public works--History--19th century--England--London.
- Public works.
- London (England)--Politics and government.
- London (England).
- Metropolitan Board of Works (London, England)--History.
- Metropolitan Board of Works (London, England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1 The beginnings of modern local government in London: a new middle-class element""; ""2 The background to the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works""; ""3 The new Board's scope and structure""; ""4 Achievement, 1856-88""; ""5 Administrative development""; ""6 Methods of recruitment""; ""7 Origins and social status of staff""; ""8 Officials' educational and employment background""; ""9 Salaries and promotion prospects""
- ""10 Work ambitions and social aspirations""""11 Life at the office""; ""12 Managing the staff""; ""13 Scandal in the 1880's and the Board's demise""; ""14 Some conclusions""; ""Appendix 1 Members""; ""Appendix 2 Chief officers and senior assistants""; ""Appendix 3 Occupations of fathers""; ""Appendix 4 Previous occupations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474241229
- 1474241220
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