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Politics and culture in Victorian Britain : essays in memory of Colin Matthew / / edited by Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman



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Titolo: Politics and culture in Victorian Britain : essays in memory of Colin Matthew / / edited by Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina: 306.20941/09034
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901
Great Britain Civilization 19th century
Altri autori: GhoshPeter  
GoldmanLawrence <1957->  
MatthewH. C. G (Henry Colin Gray)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: A brief word on "politics" and "culture" / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman -- Colin Matthew (1941-1999) / Boyd Hilton -- Colin Matthew : a memoir / Ross McKibbin -- Colin Matthew : a bibliography / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman -- Gladstone and Peel / Peter Ghosh -- Gladstone and a liberal theory of international relations / Martin Ceadel -- The enfranchisement of the urban poor in late-Victorian Britain / John Davis -- The defection of the middle class : the Endowed Schools Act, the Liberal Party and the 1874 election / Lawrence Goldman -- Liberal passions : reason and emotion in late- and post-Victorian liberal thought / Michael Freeden -- The Church of England and women's higher education, c. 1840-1914 / Janet Howarth -- Protestant histories : James Anthony Froude, partisanship, and national identity / Jane Garnett -- Roman candles : Catholic converts among authors in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain / Philip Waller -- Scenes from professional life : medicine, moral conduct, and interconnectedness in Middlemarch / Margaret Pelling -- Victorian interpretations of Thomas Hobbes / Jose Harris.
Sommario/riassunto: How and why should we study Victorian Britain? The answer to this question used to be quite straightforward. It was the Victorian contribution to modern politics which stood out above all else. Today we are not so sure. This book suggest that politics are still central, but must be more broadly construed, as a pervasive part of Victorian culture as a whole. - ;In the last twenty years one of the classical arenas for British historical writing - the politics of Victorian Britain - has ceased to be an obvious or self-evidently important subject. Facing up to this challenge, the historians who ha
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ISBN: 0-19-151444-6
1-280-90483-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813883403321
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