Victorian Values
A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy, December 1990
Published on 19. November 1992
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-0-19-726119-4 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about Victorian values. This collection of papers attempts to sift through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differs from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
2 half tone figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726119-4 (9780197261194)
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Content
Introduction
Mrs Thatcher's Return to Victorian Values
Victorian Values in Scotland and England
Victorian Values and the Upper Classes
Thomas Chalmers and the Communal Ideal in Victorian Scotland
'I suppose you are not a Baptist or a Roman Catholic?': Nonconformity's True Conformity
Goodness and Goods: Victorian Literature and Values for the Middle Class Reader
Darwinism and Victorian Values: Threat or Opportunity
Medical Values in a Commercial Age
Victorian Values and the Founders of the Welfare State
The Workhouse
Victorian Values and Women and Public and Private
Some Concluding Thoughts
Mrs Thatcher's Return to Victorian Values
Victorian Values in Scotland and England
Victorian Values and the Upper Classes
Thomas Chalmers and the Communal Ideal in Victorian Scotland
'I suppose you are not a Baptist or a Roman Catholic?': Nonconformity's True Conformity
Goodness and Goods: Victorian Literature and Values for the Middle Class Reader
Darwinism and Victorian Values: Threat or Opportunity
Medical Values in a Commercial Age
Victorian Values and the Founders of the Welfare State
The Workhouse
Victorian Values and Women and Public and Private
Some Concluding Thoughts