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The Government of Victorian London: The Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries and the City Corporation by David Edward Owen (Hardcover, 1982)

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Of all the major cities of Britain, London, the world metropolis, was the last to acquire a modern municipal government. Its antiquated administrative system led to repeated crises as the population doubled within a few decades and reached more than two million in the 1840s. Essential services such as sanitation, water supply, street paving and lighting, relief of the poor, and maintenance of the peace were managed by the vestries of ninety-odd parishes or precincts plus divers ad hoc authorities or commissions. In 1855, with the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the groundwork began to be laid for a rational municipal government. Owen tells in absorbing detail the story of the operations of the Metropolitan Board of Works, its political and other problems, and its limited but significant accomplishments--including the laying down of 83 miles of sewers and the building of the Thames Embankments--before it was replaced in 1889 by the London County Council. His account, based on extensive archival research, is balanced, judicious, lucid, often witty and always urbane.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13
9780674358850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90485544

Product Key Features

Author
David Edward Owen
Publication Name
The Government of Victorian London: The Metropolitan Board of Works, the Vestries and the City Corporation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
1982
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
480 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
275mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
900g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
David Edward Owen
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States