Vision for London, 1889-1914
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A01=Susan D. Pennybacker
Author_Susan D. Pennybacker
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Common Lodging Houses
councillor
County Hall
Direct Labour
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Fair Wage Clauses
Firemen
hall
Independent Labour Activity
Independent Women
LCC
Local Government Act
Lodging Houses
London Municipal Reform League
London's Inhabitants
Lord's Day
Metropolitan Common Poor Fund
Metropolitan Music Hall
Minor Establishment
municipal
municipal governance
Municipal Socialism
municipal socialism London case study
music
Music Hall
Music Hall Fare
Music Halls Committee
progressive era Britain
public housing development
social reform history
socialism
staff
Trade Union Wages
tunnel
urban social policy
Women's Local Government Society
women's roles Edwardian
Works Department
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415865326
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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'.
