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, this interaction of event and
personality, Mr. Briggs is abundantly and happily endowed. He is
always readable, often amusing, never facetious. He is widely read
and widely interested. He has a sound historic judgment, and an
unfailing sense for what is significant in the historic sequence
and what is merely topical. . . . Above all, he is in sympathy with
the age of which he is writing."--"Times Literary Supplement"
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 1975 |
First published: |
April 1975 |
Authors: |
Asa Briggs
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Dimensions: |
137 x 215 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
324 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-07488-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-226-07488-9 |
Barcode: |
9780226074887 |
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