Understanding the Victorians Politics, Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Name: Understanding the Victorians Politics, Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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ISBN: 9780415774093

ISBN-10: 0415774098

ISBN-13: 9780415774093

Edition: 2012

Authors: Susie L. Steinbach

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The Victorian era was a time of dramatic change. During this period Britain ruled the largest empire on earth, witnessed the expansion of democracy, and developed universal education and mass print culture. Both its imperial might and the fact that it had industrialised and urbanised decades before any other nation allowed it to dominate world politics and culture in many ways for the better part of the nineteenth century. Understanding the Victorianspaints a vivid portrait of the era, combines broad survey with close analysis, and introduces students to the critical debates taking place among historians today. It emphasises class, gender, and racial and imperial positioning as constitutive…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English



List of Figures


Timeline


Acknowledgements


"Playing on the Piano-forte": Introduction



A "Green and Pleasant Land" of Cities and Slums: Space



"Discussions on the Subject of Reform": Politics



Ruling the World: Imperialism



Wealth and Poverty, Growth and Slumps: The Economy



"Bristling with Shops": Consumption



"Born into the Lower-Upper-Middle": Class



"A Common Cause with All the Females in This Kingdom": Gender



A "Dignified Part": Monarchy



"The Court Was Crowded All Day": Law



"Good, Murderous Melodramas": Arts and Entertainment



Marriage, Free Love, and "Unnatural Crimes": Sexuality



"Begin and End with the Church Whatever You Do Between-Whiles": Religion



Vestiges and Origins: Science


Notes


Index