The metropolitan and the municipal: The politics of health and environment in London, 1860-1920

Cities of Ideas: Civil Society and Urban Governance in Britain, 1800-2000: Essays in honour of David Reeder

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 46-65

  Luckin, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351161688-3     Document Type: Chapter

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