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Palgrave Macmillan, September 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. No dust jacket, as issued. Appears unread. . . . . . . . . . Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. . . . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTNETS: 1.) Anatomy of a Victorian family -- 2.) Education for public service -- 3.) Coping with Lloyd George -- 4.) WWI: under cover at Wellington House -- 5.) Influential head of enfeebled mines department -- 6.) Quis custodiet?: surtax, syntax and scandal -- 7.) Mine owners bogy man -- 8.) WWII: preparing for London s civil defence -- 9.) WWII: leading London throug hthe Blitz -- 10.) Post-war…
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Ernest Gowers: Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds Hardcover - 2009
by A. Scott
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- Title Ernest Gowers: Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds
- Author A. Scott
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 255
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-09-23
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780230580251 / 0230580254
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain, Great Britain - Officials and employees
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009013663
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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