Late Victorian Britain 1875-1901

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:	9781136116520
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

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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