Victorian People A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67

Name: Victorian People A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67
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ISBN: 9780226074887

ISBN-10: 0226074889

ISBN-13: 9780226074887

Edition: 1975 (Revised)

Authors: Asa Briggs, Ruari McLean

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This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From "John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War", and "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" to "Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools" and "Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark", Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements; and in doing so conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the last century. "For expounding this theme, this interaction of event and personality, Mr. Briggs is abundantly and happily endowed. He is always readable, often amusing, never facetious. He is widely read and widely interested. He has a sound…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/1975
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.50" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



List of Illustrations



Introduction



The Crystal Palace and the Men of 1851



John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War



Trollope, Bagehot, and the English Constitution



Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work



Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools



Robert Applegarth and the Trade-Unions



John Bright and the Creed of Reform



Robert Lowe and the Fear of Democracy



Benjamin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark



Epilogue


Bibliographical Note


Acknowledgments


Index