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Understanding the Victorians paints a vivid portrait of this era of dramatic change, combining broad survey with close analysis and introducing students to the critical debates taking place among historians today. Encompassing all of Great Britain and Ireland over the whole of the Victorian period, it gives prominence to social and cultural topics alongside politics and ecomics and emphasises class, gender, and racial and imperial positioning as constitutive of human relations. This second edition is fully updated throughout, containing a new chapter on leisure in the Victorian period, the most recent historiographical research in Victorian Studies, and enhanced coverage of imperialism and working-class life. Starting with the Queen Caroline Affair in 1820 and coming up to the start of World War I in 1914, Susie L. Steinbach uses thematic chapters to discuss and evaluate topics such as politics, imperialism, the ecomy, class, gender, the monarchy, arts and entertainment, religion, sexuality, religion, and science. There are also three chapters on space, consumption, and the law, topics rarely covered at this introductory level. 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.

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PublisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISBN-101138906107

ISBN-139781138906105

eBay Product ID (ePID)222253819

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Number of Pages332 Pages

Publication NameUnderstanding the Victorians : Politics, Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Sociology / General, Gender Studies, General, Popular Culture, Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern / General

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory, Social Science

AuthorSusie L. Steinbach

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Date of Publication26/07/2016

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Place of PublicationLondon

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

Author BiographySusie L. Steinbach is Professor of History at Hamline University. She is the author of Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History (2004) and the editor of Millicent Garret Fawcett by her Contemporaries (2008), and has written widely on Victorian history, with a particular emphasis on gender and the law.

SubjectsHistory: Specific Subjects

Content Note16 Black & White Halftones

Edition Statement2nd Revised Edition