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This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From "John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War," and "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" to "Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools&…
Victorian People
a reassessment of persons and themes, 1851-67
- Paperback
324 pages
- Release Date
15 April 1975
Summary
This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From “John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War”, and “Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work” to “Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools” and “Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark”, Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements; and in doing so conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the last century. “For expounding this theme, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226074887 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226074889 |
| Series: | Chicago Collectors Editions |
| Author: | Asa Briggs |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 324 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 April 1975 |
| Weight: | 425g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 14mm x 2mm |
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Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs, former provost of Worcester College, Oxford, is the author of many works on 19th-century British history.
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