The New Downing Street
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"The New Downing Street" is one of Thomas Carlyle’s polemical essays in his 1850 collection *Latter-Day Pamphlets*, critiquing the British government and civil service of his time.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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polemical essay ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Carlyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
British civil service of the mid-19th century
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bureaucratic inefficiency ⓘ party politics in Britain ⓘ |
| genre |
political criticism
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | conservative critique of liberal parliamentarianism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The New Downing Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | first series of Latter-Day Pamphlets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
British government
NERFINISHED
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civil service ⓘ political leadership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of strong, competent leadership in government
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attack on contemporary British political class ⓘ |
| partOf | Latter-Day Pamphlets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
merit-based public service
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reform of government administration ⓘ |
| publicationForm | pamphlet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1850 ⓘ |
| setting | 19th-century British politics ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Thomas Carlyle’s Latter-Day Pamphlets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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