Freeman, M;
(2016)
St Albans in 1914.
In: Mein, J and Wares, A and Mann, S, (eds.)
St Albans: Life on the Home Front 1914-1918.
University of Hertfordshire Press: Hatfield, UK.
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Abstract
This chapter describes the main characteristics of St Albans at the outbreak of war in 1914. It considers the growing population and changing employment structure of the city, the ways in which it was governed, the amenities to which its people had access and the cultural and religious life that they enjoyed. The people of St Albans made their living in diverse ways, and the standard of life to which they could aspire varied considerably. However, by 1914, after a century of growth and change, the city was flourishing economically and had a lively political and associational life. The range of local services and institutions that existed at the outbreak of war would have been unimaginable to the inhabitants of St Albans 100, or even 50, years earlier.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | St Albans in 1914 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-909291-74-4 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/books-content/st-a... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | First World War, urban, St Albans, England |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1478097 |
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