Victorian Values: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy, December 1990: 078 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0197261191 ISBN 13: 9780197261194

Casa editrice: OUP/British Academy, 1992

Riassunto

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about Victorian values. This collection of papers attempts to sift through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differs from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.

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Contenuti

• T C Smout: Introduction
• Raphael Samuel: Mrs Thatcher's Return to Victorian Values
• R J Morris: Victorian Values in Scotland and England
• M Girouard: Victorian Values and the Upper Classes
• Stewart J Brown: Thomas Chalmers and the Communal Ideal in Victorian Scotland
• Clyde Binfield: 'I suppose you are not a Baptist or a Roman Catholic?': Nonconformity's True Conformity
• Valentine Cunningham: Goodness and Goods: Victorian Literature and Values for the Middle Class Reader
• Peter J Bowler: Darwinism and Victorian Values: Threat or Opportunity
• W F Bynum: Medical Values in a Commercial Age
• J Harris: Victorian Values and the Founders of the Welfare State
• M A Crowther: The Workhouse
• Anne Digby: Victorian Values and Women and Public and Private
• A J P Kenny: Some Concluding Thoughts

Product Description

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about Victorian values. This collection, the outcome of the first joint symposium between the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, attempts to sift through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differs from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while the following chapters explore the Victorian world itself. The papers shed light on a wide variety of Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP/British Academy
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0197261191
• ISBN 13: 9780197261194
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Redattore: Smout T C
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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