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The whole of 19th century English politics and governance can be seen through the contemporary framework of & #39;nuisance and annoyance& #39;. Everything.
I& #39;ve been taken with this idea since I read it in David Churchill& #39;s work on Leeds and municipal governance.
I& #39;ve been taken with this idea since I read it in David Churchill& #39;s work on Leeds and municipal governance.
Perhaps we should reframe how English politicians in parliament and in local government saw the citizens they ruled.
It wasn& #39;t about revolution vs stability. That was for the Continent.
It was about the minutiae of being annoyed about nuisances.
It wasn& #39;t about revolution vs stability. That was for the Continent.
It was about the minutiae of being annoyed about nuisances.
I& #39;m seeing this in language about how to plan out the colonies as well. More at stake there, but still seen as nuisances that needed to be tidied up.
I keep getting sidetracked by debates by local councils on issues like litter, sewage, protruding awnings on pavements, etc.
On the one hand it& #39;s good old Leicester school of urban history stuff on municipal reform in the 19th century.
But I& #39;m thinking it represents much more
On the one hand it& #39;s good old Leicester school of urban history stuff on municipal reform in the 19th century.
But I& #39;m thinking it represents much more
