Victorian History And Politics

Author : Susie Steinbach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415774086

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Understanding the Victorians by Susie Steinbach Pdf

"Understanding the Victorians paints a vivid portrait of the era, combining broad surveys with close analysis, and introduces students to the critical debates taking place among historians today. Focusing not just on England but on the whole of Great Britain and Ireland it emphasises class, gender, and racial and imperial positioning as constitutive of human relations. This book encompasses the whole of the Victorian period giving equal prominence to social and cultural topics alongside the politics and economics. Starting with the Queen Caroline Affair in 1820 and coming right up to the start of World War I in 1914, Susie L. Steinbach uses thematic chapters to discuss and evaluate, the economy, gender, religion, the history of science and ideas, material culture and sexuality. Steinbach also provides much-needed chapters on consumption, which links consumption with production, on law, which explains the legal culture and trials of criminal and scandalous cases and on space which draws to together the most current research in Victorian studies"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Susie L. Steinbach
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000898965

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Understanding the Victorians by Susie L. Steinbach Pdf

Understanding the Victorians paints a vivid portrait of an era of dramatic change, combining broad survey with close analysis and introducing students to the critical debates on the nineteenth century taking place among historians today. The volume encompasses all of Great Britain and Ireland over the whole of the Victorian period and gives prominence to social and cultural topics alongside politics and economics and emphasizes class, gender, and racial and imperial positioning as constitutive of human relations. This third edition is fully updated with new chapters on emotion and on Britain’s relationship with Europe as well as added discussions of architecture, technology, and the visual arts. Attention to the current concerns and priorities of professional historians also enables readers to engage with today’s historical debates. Starting with the Queen Caroline Affair in 1820 and coming up to the start of World War I in 1914, thematic chapters explore the topics of space, politics, Europe, the empire, the economy, consumption, class, leisure, gender, the monarchy, the law, arts and entertainment, sexuality, religion, and science. With a clear introduction outlining the key themes of the period, a detailed timeline, and suggestions for further reading and relevant internet resources, this is the ideal companion for all students of the nineteenth century. Discover more from Susie by exploring our forthcoming Routledge Historical resource on British Society, edited by Susie L. Steinbach and Martin Hewitt. Find out more about our Routledge Historical resources by visiting https://www.routledgehistoricalresources.com.

Author : Ian St John
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781843313694

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Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics by Ian St John Pdf

This book is a comprehensive review of the political career of Benjamin Disraeli, providing a thorough critical analysis of one of the most ambitious and controversial leaders in British history. ‘Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics’ is a major addition to our understanding of the dynamics of nineteenth-century politics.

Author : Antoinette Burton
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0312229976

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Politics and Empire in Victorian Britain by Antoinette Burton Pdf

The first source book to track the role the British empire played in domestic politics, social attitudes and intellectual and cultural life at home, this volume is undergirded by a recognizable political chronology, emphasizing moments of major constitutional reform (1832, 1867) and imperial crisis (1857, 1865, 1882, 1886, 1899). The primary purpose of the reader is to introduce students to the intersections of 'home' and 'empire', so that the effects of imperialism on Victorian politics and society can be fully appreciated.

Author : Henry Colin Gray Matthew
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199253456

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Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain by Henry Colin Gray Matthew Pdf

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 have contributed to this volume explore central aspects of that history. They continue to uphold the centrality of politics to Victorian Britain, but suggest that politics must be viewed more broadly, as a concern pervading almost all spheres oflife, just as Victorians themselves would have done. In this way politics penetrates into Victorian culture. 'Politics' can lead us into the ideas governing political action itself; political ideas; international relations; the eduction of men and women; the writing of history and of literature;engagement with past political theorists; and the ideas behind professionalization. Such are some of the themes taken up here.The specific occasion for these essays was as a tribute to the memory of the late Colin Matthew, one of the most eminent recent historians of Victorian Britain, who was himself determined to uphold the contemporary relevance of Victorian political tradition, and to explore the interface between 'politics' and 'culture'. Reflection on his intellectual achievement is a second distinctive component of this book.

Author : Chris Otter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780226640785

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The Victorian Eye by Chris Otter Pdf

During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to collect knowledge. And he contends that, contrary to presumptions that illumination helped create a society controlled by intrusive surveillance, the new radiance often led to greater personal freedom and was integral to the development of modern liberal society. The Victorian Eye’s innovative interdisciplinary approach—and generous illustrations—will captivate a range of readers interested in the history of modern Britain, visual culture, technology, and urbanization.

Author : Jonathan Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0300067186

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The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain by Jonathan Parry Pdf

Between 1830 and 1886, Liberals dominated British politics. Focusing on the strategies of successive Liberal leaders, this study gives an overview of that dominance and argues that liberalism was a much more coherent force than has generally been recognized by historians.

Author : Angus Hawkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198728481

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Victorian Political Culture by Angus Hawkins Pdf

"This study of British political culture from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century examines the public values that informed perceptions of the constitution, electoral activity, party partisanship, and political organization"--Jacket.

Author : Ben Griffin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107015074

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The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain by Ben Griffin Pdf

This groundbreaking history challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights.

Author : K. D. Reynolds
Publisher : Oxford Historical Monographs
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0198207271

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Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain by K. D. Reynolds Pdf

This study of gender and power in Victorian Britain is the first book to examine the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century. Based on a wide range of archival sources, it explores the roles of aristocratic women in public life, from their country estates to the salons of Westminster and the royal court. Reynolds also shows that a partnership of authority between men and women was integral to aristocratic life, thus making an important contribution to the "separate spheres" debate. Moreover, she reveals in full the crucial role that these women played at all levels of political activity--from local communities to the national electoral process. The book is both a lively portrait of women's experiences in modern Britain and a corrective to the view of the upper-class Victorian woman as a passive social butterfly.

Author : Henry Pelling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035593990

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Popular Politics and Society in Late Victorian Britain by Henry Pelling Pdf

Author : G. Varouxakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230505834

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Victorian Political Thought on France and the French by G. Varouxakis Pdf

By scrutinizing the major Victorian political thinkers' perceptions and representations of France this book shows how comparisons with the country on the other side of the Channel, its politics, civilization, and the French 'national character' contributed to nineteenth-century Britain's self-definition. While the utterances on France of several other figures are also examined, the main focus is on Walter Bagehot, John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, Lord Acton, Thomas Carlyle, Nassau William Senior, James Fitzjames Stephen, William Rathbone Greg, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Morley, and Frederic Harrison.

Author : Paul Adelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317886648

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Gladstone, Disraeli and Later Victorian Politics by Paul Adelman Pdf

A major new edition of this introductory survey of the two main political parties, from the rise of the Liberal Party under Gladstone until the period of Conservative domination under Salisbury in the late nineteenth century. As well as assessing the impact of major political landmarks such as the Great Reform Acts, it also describes the nineteenth century political scene.

Author : F. Parsons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230244665

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Thomas Hare and Political Representation in Victorian Britain by F. Parsons Pdf

This book is a history of the emergence and development of the concept of proportional representation and its relation to political theory within the context of nineteenth-century British party politics focusing on Thomas Hare (1806-1891).

Author : K. Theodore Hoppen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192543974

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The Mid-Victorian Generation by K. Theodore Hoppen Pdf

This, the third volume to appear in the New Oxford History of England, covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. In his magisterial study of the mid-Victorian generation, Theodore Hoppen identifies three defining themes. The first he calls `established industrialism' - the growing acceptance that factory life and manufacturing had come to stay. It was during these four decades that the balance of employment shifted irrevocably. For the first time in history, more people were employed in industry than worked on the land. The second concerns the `multiple national identities' of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Dr Hoppen's study of the histories of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Empire reveals the existence of a variety of particular and overlapping national traditions flourishing alongside the increasingly influential structure of the unitary state. The third defining theme is that of `interlocking spheres' which the author uses to illuminate the formation of public culture in the period. This, he argues, was generated not by a series of influences operating independently from each other, but by a variety of intermeshed political, economic, scientific, literary and artistic developments. This original and authoritative book will define these pivotal forty years in British history for the next generation.