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Introduction
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Abstract
The editors introduce the volume and the chapter is in two parts. The first part summarises the themes of the book and the arguments of each of the essays and the second part is an appreciation of the life and work of the person in his whose honour the essays have been written.
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Abstract
The editors introduce the volume and the chapter is in two parts. The first part summarises the themes of the book and the arguments of each of the essays and the second part is an appreciation of the life and work of the person in his whose honour the essays have been written.
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Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Introduction 1
- 1 Administrative practices and the ‘middling sort’ 19
- 2 Local history enthusiasts 39
- 3 Memorial mania 63
- 4 Fifty years ahead of its time? 84
- 5 Daddy, what did you find to laugh about in the Great War? 109
- 6 Voluntary action in the ‘welfare state’ 132
- 7 The continuing tradition of civic pride 152
- 8 From ‘marriage bureau’ to ‘points of view’ 180
- 9 ‘Hoping you’ll give me some guidance about this thing called money’ 202
- Index 221
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures ix
- Notes on contributors x
- Introduction 1
- 1 Administrative practices and the ‘middling sort’ 19
- 2 Local history enthusiasts 39
- 3 Memorial mania 63
- 4 Fifty years ahead of its time? 84
- 5 Daddy, what did you find to laugh about in the Great War? 109
- 6 Voluntary action in the ‘welfare state’ 132
- 7 The continuing tradition of civic pride 152
- 8 From ‘marriage bureau’ to ‘points of view’ 180
- 9 ‘Hoping you’ll give me some guidance about this thing called money’ 202
- Index 221
