Book contents
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The United Kingdom in 1914
- Part I Government
- 2 The Monarchy
- 3 The Growth of Cabinet Government
- 4 The Defence of the Realm Act and Other Emergency Laws
- 5 Local Government and the Great War: The Experience in Essex
- 6 The Clergy and Cultural Mobilisation
- Part II Resources
- Part III People
- Part IV Production
- Part V Social Impacts
- Conclusion
- Index
5 - Local Government and the Great War: The Experience in Essex
from Part I - Government
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- The British Home Front and the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The United Kingdom in 1914
- Part I Government
- 2 The Monarchy
- 3 The Growth of Cabinet Government
- 4 The Defence of the Realm Act and Other Emergency Laws
- 5 Local Government and the Great War: The Experience in Essex
- 6 The Clergy and Cultural Mobilisation
- Part II Resources
- Part III People
- Part IV Production
- Part V Social Impacts
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The First World War does not occupy a prominent place in histories of local government in England. In surveys of the general development of English Local Government, this is perhaps understandable; the war years did not bring about lasting changes to the scope or structure of local government, and its legacy was much less than that of the Second World War.1 Looking at local experiences of the Great War, however, local authorities played a prominent and evolving role, particularly as state intervention increased from 1916.2
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- The British Home Front and the First World War , pp. 95 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023