Late Victorian Britain 1875-1901 / Edition 1

by J.F.C. Harrison

Overview

Drawing heavily on the recollections and literature of the people themselves, Harrison places late Victorian Britain firmly in its social and political context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415058704
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/27/1991
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

J.F.C. Harrison

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Victorian Achievement; Chapter 1 Progress and Poverty; Part 2 Social Structure; Chapter 2 The Elite; Chapter 3 Comfortable England; Chapter 4 Labouring Life; Part 3 Perceptions and Values; Chapter 5 Certainties; Chapter 6 Doubts and Anxieties; Part 4 Processes of Change; Chapter 7 England Arise!; Chapter 8 The Woman Question; Chapter 9 The Condition of the People; Part 5 Epilogue; Chapter 10 The End of Equipoise;

Editorial Reviews

‘... a well considered and well informed potrait of English society in the last quarter on the nineteenth century.' I

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