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Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London: The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889: History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Autor Gloria Clifton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 noi 2015
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474241212
ISBN-10: 1474241212
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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A wide-ranging selection of titles available as individual volumes or themed sub-sets on British, European, Latin American and medical history

Notă biografică

Gloria Clifton is Emeritus Curator of the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UK.

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AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPreface1 The Beginning of Modern Local Government in London: A New Middle-Class Element2 The Background to the Establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works3 The New Board's Scope and Structure4 Achievement, 1856-885 Administrative Development6 Methods of Recruitment7 Origins and Social Status of Staff8 Officials' Education and Employment Background9 Salaries and Promotion Prospects10 Work Ambitions and Social Aspirations11 Life at the Office12 Managing the Staff13 Scandal in the 1880s and the Board's Demise14 Some ConclusionsAppendix 1 MembersAppendix 2 Chief Officers and Senior AssistantsAppendix 3 Occupations of FathersAppendix 4 Previous OccupationsNotes BibliographyIndex