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Autore |
Seaman L. C. B (Lewis Charles Bernard) |
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Titolo |
Victorian England : aspects of English and imperial history 1837-1901 / / by L. C. B. Seaman |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2002] |
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©1973 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-94791-7 |
1-280-10992-0 |
9786610109920 |
0-203-40777-6 |
0-203-32351-3 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (493 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization |
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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