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1 online resource (vi, 267 pages) : illustrations |
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A brief word on "politics" and "culture" / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman -- Colin Matthew (1941-1999) / Boyd Hilton -- Colin Matthew : a memoir / Ross McKibbin -- Colin Matthew : a bibliography / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman -- Gladstone and Peel / Peter Ghosh -- Gladstone and a liberal theory of international relations / Martin Ceadel -- The enfranchisement of the urban poor in late-Victorian Britain / John Davis -- The defection of the middle class : the Endowed Schools Act, the Liberal Party and the 1874 election / Lawrence Goldman -- Liberal passions : reason and emotion in late- and post-Victorian liberal thought / Michael Freeden -- The Church of England and women's higher education, c. 1840-1914 / Janet Howarth -- Protestant histories : James Anthony Froude, partisanship, and national identity / Jane Garnett -- Roman candles : Catholic converts among authors in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain / Philip Waller -- Scenes from professional life : medicine, moral conduct, and interconnectedness in Middlemarch / Margaret Pelling -- Victorian interpretations of Thomas Hobbes / Jose Harris |
| Summary |
How and why should we study Victorian Britain? The answer to this question used to be quite straightforward. It was the Victorian contribution to modern politics which stood out above all else. Today we are not so sure. This book suggest that politics are still central, but must be more broadly construed, as a pervasive part of Victorian culture as a whole. - ;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 ha |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Matthew, Colin 1941-1999 gnd |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Civilization
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Politics and government
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Politieke geschiedenis.
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Cultuurgeschiedenis.
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Victoriaanse tijd.
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Kultur
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Politik
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056914
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056625
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Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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Großbritannien
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Electronic books
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Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ghosh, Peter.
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Goldman, Lawrence, 1957-
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Matthew, H. C. G. (Henry Colin Gray)
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| ISBN |
9780191514449 |
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0191514446 |
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9780199253456 |
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0199253455 |
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1280904836 |
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9781280904837 |
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9780191698149 |
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0191698148 |
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9786610904839 |
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6610904839 |
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