Professionalism, Patronage, and Public Service in Victorian London: The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889This 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 and large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth. |
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Professionalism, Patronage, and Public Service in Victorian London: The ... Gloria C. Clifton No preview available - 1992 |
Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London: The Staff ... Gloria Clifton No preview available - 2015 |
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