A Vision for London, 1889-1914

A Vision for London, 1889-1914
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781134959945
ISBN-13 : 113495994X
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Download or read book A Vision for London, 1889-1914 written by Susan D. Pennybacker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London County Council was a the world's largest municipal government and a laboratory for social experimentation before the Great War. It sought to master the problems of metropolitan amelioration, political economy and public culture. Pennybacker's social history tests the vision of London Progressivism against its practitioners' accomplishments. She argues that the historical memory of the hopes inspired by LCC achievement and the disillusions spawned by failure, are potent forces in today's deeply ambivalent responses to metropolitan politics in London. The `new women', bohemian London, scandal in the building industry, midwifery, lodging houses, children's provision and the music hall were all provocative issues in LCC work. Their story richly evokes life in the turn-of-the-century metropolis and illustrates the complexities of `municipal socialism'.


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