Author: George Malcolm Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A survey of the culture of Victorian England. -- Back cover.
Victorian England
Author: George Malcolm Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A survey of the culture of Victorian England. -- Back cover.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A survey of the culture of Victorian England. -- Back cover.
Portrait of an Age
Author: George Malcolm Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
In print continuously since its first appearance in 1936, this study of the Victorian era from 1837-1901 is regarded as the greatest history of that time ever written. An immortal classic, the greatest longest essay ever written.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
In print continuously since its first appearance in 1936, this study of the Victorian era from 1837-1901 is regarded as the greatest history of that time ever written. An immortal classic, the greatest longest essay ever written.
Victorian England
Author: George Malcolm Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Portrait of an Age
Inside the Victorian Home
Author: Judith Flanders
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
A rich selection from diaries, letters, advice books, magazines, and paintings creates a rooms-by-room portrait of Victorian life--from childbirth in the master bedroom to separate gender domains in the drawing room and parlor.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393052091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
A rich selection from diaries, letters, advice books, magazines, and paintings creates a rooms-by-room portrait of Victorian life--from childbirth in the master bedroom to separate gender domains in the drawing room and parlor.
Victorian England
Author: George Malcolm Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The Victorians Since 1901
Author: Miles Taylor
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719067259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Over a century after the death of Queen Victoria, historians are busy re-appraising her age and achievements. However, our understanding of the Victorian era is itself a part of history, shaped by changing political, cultural and intellectual fashions. Bringing together a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, English literature, art history and cultural studies, this book identifies and assesses the principal influences on twentieth-century attitudes towards the Victorians. Developments in academia, popular culture, public history and the internet are covered in this important and stimulating collection, and the final chapters anticipate future global trends in interpretations of the Victorian era, making an essential volume for students of Victorian Studies.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719067259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Over a century after the death of Queen Victoria, historians are busy re-appraising her age and achievements. However, our understanding of the Victorian era is itself a part of history, shaped by changing political, cultural and intellectual fashions. Bringing together a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, English literature, art history and cultural studies, this book identifies and assesses the principal influences on twentieth-century attitudes towards the Victorians. Developments in academia, popular culture, public history and the internet are covered in this important and stimulating collection, and the final chapters anticipate future global trends in interpretations of the Victorian era, making an essential volume for students of Victorian Studies.
The Victorians
Author: Jeremy Paxman
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409070107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian age takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination. To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, and his exploration of Victorian art and society shows how these artists were chronicling a world changing before their eyes. This enthralling history is Paxman at his best - opinionated, informed, witty, surprising - and a glorious reminder of how the Victorians made us who we are today.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409070107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian age takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination. To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, and his exploration of Victorian art and society shows how these artists were chronicling a world changing before their eyes. This enthralling history is Paxman at his best - opinionated, informed, witty, surprising - and a glorious reminder of how the Victorians made us who we are today.
Victoria
Author: Catherine Reef
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544716140
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A captivating biography about Queen Victoria (1819-1901), one of England's most fascinating royals. Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears her name--the Victorian period. Full color. 8 x 10.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544716140
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A captivating biography about Queen Victoria (1819-1901), one of England's most fascinating royals. Her long reign was filled with drama, death, intrigue, and passion, and took place during a time of great transformation, an era that bears her name--the Victorian period. Full color. 8 x 10.
The Rise of Respectable Society
Author: Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674772854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
'The Rise of Respectable Society' offers a new map of this territory as revealed by close empirical studies of marriage, the family, domestic life, work, leisure and entertainment in 19th century Britain.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674772854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
'The Rise of Respectable Society' offers a new map of this territory as revealed by close empirical studies of marriage, the family, domestic life, work, leisure and entertainment in 19th century Britain.