The Georgians

Author : Penelope J. Corfield
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300265064

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The Georgians by Penelope J. Corfield Pdf

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in the international trade in enslaved Africans. But how were these changes perceived by people at the time? And how do their viewpoints compare with attitudes today? In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life—politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns. People’s responses at the time were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of such tensions came the Georgian culture of both experiment and resistance. Corfield emphasizes those elements of deep continuity that persisted even within major changes, and shows how new developments were challenged if their human consequences proved dire.

Author : Robert Peal
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780008437046

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Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century by Robert Peal Pdf

‘The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you’d be mad not to want to live there yourself’ GUARDIAN

Author : Ruth Brocklehurst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409570258

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Georgians by Ruth Brocklehurst Pdf

Author : Amanda Vickery
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300188561

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Behind Closed Doors by Amanda Vickery Pdf

From the award-winning author of The Gentleman’s Daughter,a witty and academic illumination of daily domestic life in Georgian England. In this brilliant work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. Writing with her customary wit and verve, she introduces us to men and women from all walks of life: gentlewoman Anne Dormer in her stately Oxfordshire mansion, bachelor clerk and future novelist Anthony Trollope in his dreary London lodgings, genteel spinsters keeping up appearances in two rooms with yellow wallpaper, servants with only a locking box to call their own. Vickery makes ingenious use of upholsterer’s ledgers, burglary trials, and other unusual sources to reveal the roles of house and home in economic survival, social success, and political representation during the long eighteenth century. Through the spread of formal visiting, the proliferation of affordable ornamental furnishings, the commercial celebration of feminine artistry at home, and the currency of the language of taste, even modest homes turned into arenas of social campaign and exhibition. The basis of a 3-part TV series for BBC2. “Vickery is that rare thing, an…historian who writes like a novelist.”—Jane Schilling, Daily Mail “Comparison between Vickery and Jane Austen is irresistible…This book is almost too pleasurable, in that Vickery's style and delicious nosiness conceal some seriously weighty scholarship.”—Lisa Hilton, The Independent “If until now the Georgian home has been like a monochrome engraving, Vickery has made it three dimensional and vibrantly colored. Behind Closed Doors demonstrates that rigorous academic work can also be nosy, gossipy, and utterly engaging.”—Andrea Wulf, New York Times Book Review

Author : Jeannette Holland Austin
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Georgia
ISBN : 9780806310817

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The Georgians by Jeannette Holland Austin Pdf

"This is a collection of 283 genealogies which I have compiled over a period of twenty years as a professional genealogist. ... While I have dealt with some of Oglethorpe's settlers, the vast majority of the genealogies included in this collection deal with Georgians who descend from settlers from other states."--Note to the Reader.

Author : Emma Kay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445636566

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Dining with the Georgians by Emma Kay Pdf

A fascinating history of food, cooking and kitchenalia in the Georgian period, including contemporary recipes and colour illustrations and exploring how the Georgians have influenced our attitude to food today.

Author : Mike Rendell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445636580

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An Illustrated Introduction The Georgians by Mike Rendell Pdf

This guide to the Georgian era examines the key events of the period from 1714 to 1837. Starting with the culture and style of the period, it moves on to the 'movers and shakers' of the political scene and looks at the growth of empire and the abolition movement. As well as exploring the politics of the period, we see how the Georgians dined, how they relaxed and how they socialised. We learn what it was to be fashionable in the time of Beau Brummell, and explore the world of Georgian entertainment, from the birth of the modern circus to the origins of sports such as cricket, billiards and squash. This book is intended for anyone interested in a century that still resonates with us today - much of our world was shaped by the Georgians.

Author : Marcarius III of Antioch
Publisher : Dalcassian Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9798868923999

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History of the Conversion of the Georgians to Christianity by Marcarius III of Antioch Pdf

This is a relatively late account by the Syriac Patriarch of Antioch regarding the state of the church in Georgia. Its historic value for that reason is limited, as it does not grant much information about the antiquity of the ancient church in Iberia. However, it does serve as a reasonable travel log for the state of Christians in Ottoman Iberia during the 17th century. Our author appears to be concerned about the state of the church given the persecution that was levied upon it by Turkish authorities, and recounts that he feels additional attention needs to be paid for its future restoration.

Author : Mike Rendell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445647814

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The Georgians in 100 Facts by Mike Rendell Pdf

Discover the history behind the facts

Author : Terry Deary
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781407161679

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Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians by Terry Deary Pdf

Learn all about the Gorgeous Georgians, like their sneaky schemes for hiding personal hygiene problems and the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers! With a bold, accessible new look and revised by the author, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Author : Ruth Brocklehurst
Publisher : History of Britain
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-27
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0746084447

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History of Britain by Ruth Brocklehurst Pdf

A look at the history of Britain from the Ice Age to the start of the new millenium.

Author : Myron Simon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520371682

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The Georgian Poetic by Myron Simon Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Author : Eric Lee
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786990952

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The Experiment by Eric Lee Pdf

For many the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a symbol of hope. In the eyes of its critics, however, Soviet authoritarianism and the horrors of the gulags have led to the revolution becoming synonymous with oppression, threatening to forever taint the very idea of socialism. The experience of Georgia, which declared its independence from Russia in 1918, tells a different story. In this riveting history, Eric Lee explores the little-known saga of the country’s experiment in democratic socialism, detailing the epic, turbulent events of this forgotten chapter in revolutionary history. Along the way, we are introduced to a remarkable cast of characters – among them the men and women who strove for a more inclusive vision of socialism that featured multi-party elections, freedom of speech and assembly, a free press and a civil society grounded in trade unions and cooperatives. Though the Georgian Democratic Republic lasted for just three years before it was brutally crushed on the orders of Stalin, it was able to offer, however briefly, a glimpse of a more humane alternative to the Soviet reality that was to come.

Author : Lucy Inglis
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780670920150

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Georgian London by Lucy Inglis Pdf

In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. Travel back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. Peek into the gilded drawing rooms of the aristocracy, walk down the quiet avenues of the new middle class, and crouch in the damp doorways of the poor. But watch your wallet - tourists make perfect prey for the thriving community of hawkers, prostitutes and scavengers. Visit the madhouses of Hackney, the workshops of Soho and the mean streets of Cheapside. Have a coffee in the city, check the stock exchange, and pop into St Paul's to see progress on the new dome. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. It investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, science and society, and shows the making of the capital millions know and love today. 'Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew' Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund 'Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts. A great read from a talented new historian' Independent 'Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes . . . There's much to treasure here' Londonist 'Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London' London Historians In 2009 Lucy Inglis began blogging on the lesser-known aspects of London during the Eighteenth Century - including food, immigration and sex- at GeorgianLondon.com. She lives in London with her husband. Georgian London is her first book.

Author : Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043193536

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The Georgians by Desmond Shawe-Taylor Pdf

This is a study of portrait painting and what the paintings tell about 18th-century social history. The author's aim is to introduce the 18th century portrait according to the sitter and to interpret the ideas and meanings contained in the portrait to show what they tell about contemporary society and culture. The artists chosen from a wide range of sources show portrait painting at its high point in the history of British art. They include Reynolds, Kneller, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Lely, Ramsay, Raeburn, Romney and Stubbs along with less well-known painters.