A Vision for London, 1889-1914

labour, everyday life and the LCC experiment

By: Susan D. Pennybacker

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Hardcover | 6 July 1995 | Edition Number 1

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The London County Council was 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. br br i A Vision for /i i London, 1889-1914 /i tests the vision of London Progressivism against its practitioners' accomplishments. Pennybacker argues that the historical memory of the hopes inspired by LCC achievement and the disillusions spawned by failure are major forces in today's deeply ambivalent response to metropolitan politics in London. br br 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."

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"Pennybacker provides a useful look at the sprawling municipal authority that was the LCC. She gives a well-researched and lucid account of the LCC's projects, scandals, ideals, and politics. The book's ulitmate strength is its wealth of evidence and its nuanced look at the Progressive project."-"Albion, spring 97

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