
Vision for London, 1889-1914
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 th...
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 th...