Professionalism, Patronage, and Public Service in Victorian London The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1859-89

This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed and large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.Clifton, Gloria C. is the author of 'Professionalism, Patronage, and Public Service in Victorian London The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1859-89' with ISBN 9780485113877 and ISBN 0485113872.