How the Victorians Lived
eBook - ePub

How the Victorians Lived

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

How the Victorians Lived

About this book

The Victorian era's societal changes and cultural advancements are explored through the lens of daily life The Victorian era is arguably the most exciting and invigorating reign of an English monarch ever, and one of progress on a massive scale. By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, England was almost unrecognisable. The Victorians neatly avoided revolution, built upon what the Georgians started and turned the country into a political powerhouse which ran the biggest Empire the world had ever seen. Meanwhile, Victorian writers and journalists were observing, questioning, and recording for prosperity the life and times of what would become known as the Victorian era: a steady, relentless building of the modern world. Using quotes from Victorian literature, How the Victorians Lived will help you on your way to understanding how society coped with the upheaval of the industrial revolution during one of the most innovative centuries England has ever seen. This book is a detailed exploration of the daily lives of mainly working- and middle-class Victorians. It recreates the remarkable and wondrous world of the English Victorians: their traditions, their expectations, their hopes and their fears and how these have shaped the society we live in today.

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Information

Publisher
Pen & Sword History
Year
2024
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781399056687
Subtopic
19th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter One A Victorian Way of Life
  8. Chapter Two Who ran the Country?
  9. Chapter Three Gender Roles and Separate Spheres
  10. Chapter Four Home and Hearth
  11. Chapter Five Education
  12. Chapter Six The World of Work
  13. Chapter Seven Money
  14. Chapter Eight Poverty, the Poor Laws and the Workhouse
  15. Chapter Nine The State of the Water
  16. Chapter Ten Fashion and Beauty
  17. Chapter Eleven Food Glorious Food?
  18. Chapter Twelve Communication and Travel
  19. Chapter Thirteen Science
  20. Chapter Fourteen Inventions
  21. Chapter Fifteen Victorian Medicine
  22. Chapter Sixteen Crime and Punishment and the Police Force
  23. Endnotes
  24. Plates

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