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'.
By:
Susan D. Pennybacker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415865326
ISBN 10: 0415865328
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 25 June 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Photographs, Prints and Documents Introduction Chapter I: The ways of life, aspirations and political culture of men and women `Blackcoated Workers' Chapter II: `The industrial reorganisation of society': The LCC Works Department and municipal socialism in practice Chapter III: The appetite for managing other people's lives Lists of abbreviations Notes on sources
