The Mid-Victorian Generation, 1846-1886
By: K. Theodore Hoppen.
Series: New Oxford history of England
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Trade Paperback
Number of pages: 787
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
Description: This third volume in the New Oxford History of England covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. In his magisterial study of the mid-Victorian generation, Theodore Hoppen identifies three defining themes: "established industrialism"--The growing acceptance that factory life and manufacturing had come to stay; "multiple national identities" of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom; and "interlocking spheres," which the author uses to illuminate the formation of public culture in the period. This original and authoritative book will define these pivotal forty years in British history for the next generation.
Notes: Originally published: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.