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Ernest Gowers

Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Ann Scott

    1. School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Australia

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Part of the book series: Understanding Governance (TRG)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Anatomy of a Victorian Family

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 1-6

  3. Education for Public Service

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 7-15

  4. Coping with Lloyd George

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 16-32

  5. WWI: Under Cover at Wellington House

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 33-51

  6. Influential Head of ‘Enfeebled’ Mines Department

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 52-64

  7. ‘Quis Custodiet?’ — Surtax, Syntax and Scandal

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 65-76

  8. Mine Owners’ Bogy Man

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 77-90

  9. WWII: Preparing for London’s Civil Defence

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 91-116

  10. WWII: Leading London through the Blitz

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 117-140

  11. Post-war Reconstruction

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 141-153

  12. Abolishing Capital Punishment

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 154-171

  13. Plain Words

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 172-187

  14. Revising Fowler’s Modern English Usage

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 188-199

  15. ‘A Last Retrospect’

    • Ann Scott
    Pages 200-210

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 211-255
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About this book

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.

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  • School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Australia

    Ann Scott

About the author

ANN SCOTT is Adjunct Professor in Criminology at the University of Queensland, Australia and also lectures in public policy. She has degrees in education and government and was a civil servant in Queensland for 20 years, 10 as a senior executive in the Queensland Police Service. She holds the Australian Public Service Medal.

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