The encyclopedia of the Victorian world
Subtitle: a reader's companion to the people, places, events, and everyday life of the Victorian era
By: Melinda Corey and George Ochoa, [editors].
Contributors: Corey, Melinda.; Ochoa, George.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Henry Holt reference book
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Encyclopedias.; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century -- Encyclopedias.
Description: The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World is the first encyclopedia to cover the entire world during a period of astounding achievement and change: the reign of Great Britain's Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. While focused on Britain, the book's scope is universal, with entries that represent nearly every nation and region and every field of human endeavor - politics, art, literature, music, science, philosophy, war, business, recreation, architecture, design - as well as everyday life.

Here you'll find not only familiar names like Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli but also lesser-known people like scientist Joseph Lister, whose name now adorns mouthwash bottles, or the Earl of Cardigan, whose name will be forever be associated with the Charge of the Light Brigade and the button-down sweater. From cholera to colonies, Lincoln to Lourdes, and Punch to the Punjab, The Encyclopedia of the Victorian world is the one-stop guide to the nineteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-519).
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