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Servants of diplomacy : a domestic history of the Victorian Foreign Office
Title
Servants of diplomacy : a domestic history of the Victorian Foreign Office / Keith Hamilton.
ISBN
9781350159167
1350159166
9781350212800
1350212806
9781350159174
9781350159150
Publication
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2021]
Physical Description
xi, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Servants of Diplomacy offers a bottom-up history of the 19th-century Foreign Office and in doing so, provides a ground-breaking study of modern British diplomacy. Whilst current literature focuses on the higher echelons of the Office, Keith Hamilton sheds a new light on the administrative and social history of Whitehall which have, until now, been largely ignored"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Hamilton, Keith, 1942- Servants of diplomacy London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : an office of class and classification
Keepers of the office : accommodation and domestic staff, 1782-1868
Keepers of the papers : the Librarian's Department, 1801-1868
Carriers of the papers : the King's/Queen's messengers, 1795-1858
Adjusting to the new : accommodation and domestic staff, 1868-1914
Managing the past : the Librarian's Department, 1868-1914
Delivering the message : the Foreign Service messengers, 1858-1914
Conclusion : an office of distinction and domesticity.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
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