
Daily Life in Victorian England
Sally Mitchell(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 22. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
979-8-7651-2070-5 (ISBN)
Description
What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian daily living, including women's roles; Victorian morality; leisure; health and medicine; and life in all settings, from workhouses to country estates. This edition features an extensive guide to contemporary primary source material and further research, including information about finding authoritative sources easily on the Web. Illustrations, interactive sidebars, a chronology and glossary further illuminate the details of Victorian culture. This volume is an ideal source for students and teachers alike.
Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. Engaging narrative chapters explore all aspects of the Victorian experience, including: fashion, morality, courtship and mourning rituals, crime and punishment, public school requirements, legal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), sports like croquet and foxhunting, and the importance of religion.
Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. Engaging narrative chapters explore all aspects of the Victorian experience, including: fashion, morality, courtship and mourning rituals, crime and punishment, public school requirements, legal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), sports like croquet and foxhunting, and the importance of religion.
Reviews / Votes
The meat of the book remains excellent. Mitchell is comprehensive, providing a tremendous amount of information that will be useful to historians and readers of nineteenth-century literature alike. * Catholic Library World *More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-2070-5 (9798765120705)
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Person
SALLY MITCHELL is Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Temple University. She has published extensively on Great Britain, the Victorian era, and women's issues, including Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia (1988), which was named an ALA Outstanding Reference Work. Her most recent work, Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer, was published in 2004.
Content
Preface
Chronology
Introduction: The Victorians and Their World
1. A Brief History of Victorian England
2. The Foundations of Daily Life: Class, Tradition, and Money
3. Working Life
4. Technology, Science, and the Urban World
5. Official Life: Government and the Law
6. Private Life: House, Food, and Clothes
7. Family and Social Rituals
8. Education
9. Health and Medicine
10. Leisure and Pleasure: Holidays, Sports, and Recreation
11. Faith and Works: Religion and Reform
12. Victorian Morality
13. England and Empire
Appendix: Victorian Research and Resources
Glossary
Further Reading
Chronology
Introduction: The Victorians and Their World
1. A Brief History of Victorian England
2. The Foundations of Daily Life: Class, Tradition, and Money
3. Working Life
4. Technology, Science, and the Urban World
5. Official Life: Government and the Law
6. Private Life: House, Food, and Clothes
7. Family and Social Rituals
8. Education
9. Health and Medicine
10. Leisure and Pleasure: Holidays, Sports, and Recreation
11. Faith and Works: Religion and Reform
12. Victorian Morality
13. England and Empire
Appendix: Victorian Research and Resources
Glossary
Further Reading