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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456043003321

Autore

Seaman L. C. B (Lewis Charles Bernard)

Titolo

Victorian England : aspects of English and imperial history 1837-1901 / / by L. C. B. Seaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2002]

©1973

ISBN

1-134-94791-7

1-280-10992-0

9786610109920

0-203-40777-6

0-203-32351-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (493 p.)

Disciplina

914.20381

941.081

Soggetti

Civilization

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page; INTRODUCTION; People of the Book; Age of Steam; Disease and Drudgery; Lord John and Sir Robert; Patriotism Prevails; Lord Pumicestone; The People's Darling; Leap in the Dark; Towards a Modern State (1); Towards a Modern State (2); Beaconsfieldism and Midlothianism; Cloud in the West; The Great Depression: Fact and Fiction; Death of Liberal England; Birth of the Twentieth Century; Imperial Pre-eminence; African Scramble; A Clash of Empires; Recessional; New Ways for Old; Queen and Mother; A NUMBER OF BOOKS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This clear and thought-provoking examination of the years from Queen Victoria's accession to the close of the century, pays particular attention to the post-1875 period.