Author: Angus Hawkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198728484
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
"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.
Victorian Political Culture
Author: Angus Hawkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198728484
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198728484
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
"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.
British Political Culture and the Idea of ‘Public Opinion', 1867–1914
Author: James Thompson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107276616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets and books all reflect the ubiquity of 'public opinion' in political discourse in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Through close attention to debates across the political spectrum, James Thompson charts the ways in which Britons sought to locate 'public opinion' in an era prior to polling. He shows that 'public opinion' was the principal term through which the link between the social and the political was interrogated, charted and contested and charts how the widespread conviction that the public was growing in power raised significant issues about the kind of polity emerging in Britain. He also examines how the early Labour party negotiated the language of 'public opinion' and sought to articulate Labour interests in relation to those of the public. In so doing he sheds important new light on the character of Britain's liberal political culture and on Labour's place in and relationship to that culture.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107276616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets and books all reflect the ubiquity of 'public opinion' in political discourse in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Through close attention to debates across the political spectrum, James Thompson charts the ways in which Britons sought to locate 'public opinion' in an era prior to polling. He shows that 'public opinion' was the principal term through which the link between the social and the political was interrogated, charted and contested and charts how the widespread conviction that the public was growing in power raised significant issues about the kind of polity emerging in Britain. He also examines how the early Labour party negotiated the language of 'public opinion' and sought to articulate Labour interests in relation to those of the public. In so doing he sheds important new light on the character of Britain's liberal political culture and on Labour's place in and relationship to that culture.
Understanding the Victorians
Author: Susie L. Steinbach
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134818254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
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 economics 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 economy, 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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134818254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
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 economics 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 economy, 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.
The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain
Author: Ben Griffin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107015073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
This groundbreaking history challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107015073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
This groundbreaking history challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights.
Understanding the Victorians
Author: Susie Steinbach
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041577408X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041577408X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
"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.
Victorian Political Thought on France and the French
Author: G. Varouxakis
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023050583X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023050583X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
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.
The Political Lives of Victorian Animals
Author: Anna Feuerstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108492967
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Examines how liberal thought influenced representations of animals within nineteenth-century animal welfare discourse and the Victorian novel.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108492967
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Examines how liberal thought influenced representations of animals within nineteenth-century animal welfare discourse and the Victorian novel.
Life Writing and Victorian Culture
Author: David Amigoni
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351922246
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In this collection of interdisciplinary essays, experts from Britain and the United States in the fields of nineteenth-century literature, and social and cultural history explore new directions in the field of Victorian life writing. Chapters examine a varied yet interrelated range of genres, from the biography and autobiography, to the relatively neglected diary, collective biography, and obituary. Reflecting the rich research being conducted in this area, the contributors link life writing to the formation of gendered and class-based identities; the politics of the Victorian family; and the broader professional, political, colonial, and literary structures in which social and kinship relations were implicated. A wide variety of Victorian works are considered, from the diary of the Radical Samuel Bamford, to the diary of the homosexual George Ives; from autobiographies of professional men to collective biographies of eminent women. Embracing figures as diverse as Gandhi, Wilde, and Bradlaugh, the collection explores the way in which narratives contested one another in a society that devoted an abundance of cultural energy to writing about, and reading of, lives.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351922246
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In this collection of interdisciplinary essays, experts from Britain and the United States in the fields of nineteenth-century literature, and social and cultural history explore new directions in the field of Victorian life writing. Chapters examine a varied yet interrelated range of genres, from the biography and autobiography, to the relatively neglected diary, collective biography, and obituary. Reflecting the rich research being conducted in this area, the contributors link life writing to the formation of gendered and class-based identities; the politics of the Victorian family; and the broader professional, political, colonial, and literary structures in which social and kinship relations were implicated. A wide variety of Victorian works are considered, from the diary of the Radical Samuel Bamford, to the diary of the homosexual George Ives; from autobiographies of professional men to collective biographies of eminent women. Embracing figures as diverse as Gandhi, Wilde, and Bradlaugh, the collection explores the way in which narratives contested one another in a society that devoted an abundance of cultural energy to writing about, and reading of, lives.
Investigating Victorian Journalism
Author: Laurel Brake
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134920790X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134920790X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Liberalism and Local Government in Early Victorian London
Author: Benjamin Weinstein
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.