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The Victorians: A Very Short Introduction
Professor Martin Hewitt
24 August 2023
ISBN: 9780198736813
160 pages
Paperback
174x111mm
The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. In this book Martin Hewitt offers a guide through the thickets of judgement and debate which have grown around the period and its people, to offer a historical overview of the Victorians and their legacies.
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The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. In this book Martin Hewitt offers a guide through the thickets of judgement and debate which have grown around the period and its people, to offer a historical overview of the Victorians and their legacies.
- Gives a a broad outline of Victorian political, economic, and diplomatic history
- Discusses the concept of 'Victorianism', and explores the associated conglomeration of values, conventional behaviours and practices, understandings, and beliefs associated with this age
- Considers the extent to which the Victorians have remained a powerful presence in post-Victorian Britain, and also the impact of the Victorian age in a global context
- Introduces some of the most influential figures in key areas of public life (such as politics, literature, philanthropy) to characterise and explain the particular preoccupations and moods of the various phases of the Victorian period
- Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide
About the Author(s)
Professor Martin Hewitt, Professor of History, Anglia Ruskin University
Martin Hewitt is a historian of Britain in the long-nineteenth century. During an academic career which involved work at several universities, most recently Anglia Ruskin University, where he was Dean of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, he has published widely on urban history, working-class radicalism, life-writing, the press and the platform. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture and the first secretary of the British Association for Victorian Studies, and from 2020-23 was Belcher Visiting Fellow in Victorian Studies at St Hugh's College, Oxford.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
Introduction
1:The Victorians in retrospect
2:The Victorian as period
3:Victorianism
4:Victorian configurations
5:Eminent Victorians
6:The Victorian world
Further Reading
References
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