Mid-Victorian Britain : 1851-1875
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| Formaat: | Livre papier |
| Taal: | Anglais |
| Gepubliceerd in: |
London :
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
C 1971.
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| Reeks: | The History of British society
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
Inhoudsopgave:
- 1- The Mid-Victorian Environment.
- Introduction: The Economic Background.
- The Urban Environment.
- Housing and Homes.
- The Railway and the City.
- Local Self-government.
- Public Health and Civic Amenities.
- The Countryside.
- The Railway and the Country.
- 2- The Making of Livings.
- The Cult of Work.
- Middle-Class Incomes.
- The Middle-Class.
- Lower-Class Incomes.
- Women at Work.
- Children at Work.
- Improvments in Working Hours and Conditions.
- Poverty and Unemployment.
- Philanthropy and Poor Relief.
- 3- Education, Religion and the Uses of 'Leisure'.
- Education and the Social Hierarchy.
- Religion and the Social Order.
- Society at Play.
- 4- The Social Order of Mid-Victorian Britain.
- Nobility and Gentry.
- The Gentlemen.
- Respectability and Independance.
- Social Dissidence.
- Crime and Coercion.