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First published in 1984, Toynbee Hall, The First Hundred Years is
not just a centenary study, but a personal contribution to the
continuing history of Toynbee Hall, which is the Universities'
settlement in East London, and an institution that has inspired
respect and affection. Its pioneering role as a residential
community living and working in the heart of one of London's most
deprived areas has been maintained. Called a 'social workshop' by
its late chairman John Profumo, Toynbee Hall promotes ventures such
as Free Legal Advice, the Workers Educational Association, and the
Whitechapel Art Gallery. The book looks at the social changes that
have taken place over the 100 years since Toynbee Hall was founded
in 1884, but also notes curious parallels, with persistent patterns
of poverty, deprivation, squalor and racial separation which
characterise the area. Questions about the facts and perceptions of
poverty, the nature of community, the visual as well as the social
environment, and the roles of voluntary, local and national
statutory policy still require answers.
First published in 1984, Toynbee Hall, The First Hundred Years is
not just a centenary study, but a personal contribution to the
continuing history of Toynbee Hall, which is the Universities'
settlement in East London, and an institution that has inspired
respect and affection. Its pioneering role as a residential
community living and working in the heart of one of London's most
deprived areas has been maintained. Called a 'social workshop' by
its late chairman John Profumo, Toynbee Hall promotes ventures such
as Free Legal Advice, the Workers Educational Association, and the
Whitechapel Art Gallery. The book looks at the social changes that
have taken place over the 100 years since Toynbee Hall was founded
in 1884, but also notes curious parallels, with persistent patterns
of poverty, deprivation, squalor and racial separation which
characterise the area. Questions about the facts and perceptions of
poverty, the nature of community, the visual as well as the social
environment, and the roles of voluntary, local and national
statutory policy still require answers.
Now covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the
present day, this major new edition has been completely revised and
brought up-to-date. The approach embraces the whole continent from
both national and regional perspectives, and combines political
survey with grass roots 'people' history. Bringing this history
vividly to life, the authors use a very broad range of sources
including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspapers. In
particular, there is new treatment of the following themes:
Religion and the modern Papacy Immigration in Europe and
relationships between minority and majority groups UNESCO The
European Bill of Rights The seeds of conflict in Bosnia and Croatia
Europe's relations with the wider world, with particular attention
to the Middle East and Japan.
Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique
institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been
continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London
since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the
oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken history of sheltering
and treating the mentally disturbed. During this time, Bethlem has
transcended locality to become not only a national and
international institution, but in many ways, a cultural and
literary myth. The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of
this key establishment by distinguished authors, including Asa
Briggs and Roy Porter. Based upon extensive research of the
hospital's archives, the book looks at Bethlem's role within the
caring institutions of London and Britain, and provides a long
overdue re-evaluation of its place in the history of psychiatry.
The second edition of The Age of Improvement, 1783-1867, stresses both the unity and the rich variety of the age. Lord Briggs also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature. The fundamental issues raised in the book relate to period of crucial change in British history—industrialization, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culture.
The story of the unscrupulous Ferdinand Lopez, who succeeds in
being selected as a parliamentary candidate for the Palliser pocket
borough. A blackmail scandal involving Lady Glencora involves the
Prime Minister in making a payment to Lopez, an affair which then
appears in the gutter press.
Now 750 years old, Bethlem Hospital has been continuously involved
in the care of the mentally ill since at least 1400 - as such it
has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an
unbroken history of sheltering and treating the mentally disturbed.
This text examines Bethlem's role within the caring institutions of
London and Britain and its place in the history of psychiatry.
Bethlem is not simply Europe's oldest psychiatric establishment; it
is the most famous and the most notorious. It has assumed many
guises over its 750 year history, it began as a religious
foundation in the context of the Crusades. It became a hospital for
the insane by accident, survived complex battles between Crown and
Papacy, Parliament and the Corporation of the City of London, and
gained great prominence for many years as Britain's only lunatic
asylum. The name of Bethlem has actually turned into everyday
speech and become part of a national culture. From Shakespeare's
time, "Bedlam" was becoming detached from the institution and
assuming a life and a persona.
The Age of Improvement has long established itself as a classic of
modern historical writing. Widely read and quoted it has had a
unique influence on teaching and research. This second edition
draws on the great volume of new research - produced by Lord Briggs
amongst others, since its original publication. The book stresses
both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and
raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in
British history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and
the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development,
and, not least, society and culture. In the background are the new
economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron
technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems
and new ways of tackling them. The author also discusses
perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the
influence of religion and science on national life, and changing
styles in art and literature. The story ends, not with a full stop
but with a question mark. Could improvement be maintained? Could
balance and progress continue to be reconciled?
This major new book provides a sparkling and detailed account of
classical, modern, and popular music throughout Queen Victoria's
long reign.It completes the acclaimed series of classic studies by
Professor Briggs, published as Victorian Cities, Victorian People,
and Victorian Things. Lord Briggs has written the work with the
music specialist Janet Lovegrove.The approach is deliberately
chronological. It observes the music scene - both metropolitan and
provincial - at twenty-year intervals. It particularly shows how
contemporaries themselves perceived music in 1837, 1857, 1877 and
1897. These twenty-year intervals bring out the scale of change and
the balance between continuities and contrasts at each point in the
story. The intervening decades are more briefly explored. An
Epilogue (1901) completes the picture.The authors trace the
repertory of opera, of orchestral, choral, chamber and popular
music. They show the performers, theatres, halls and rooms. They
provide many illuminating stories of the lives and work of the
composers, writers and critics, publishers, teachers and lecturers,
who were keen to bring music to the many rather the few.London was
linked to the provinces by cathedral, church or festival, and
education. Key factors were the dissemination of printed music, the
musical evangelism of the sight-singing movement, the national
distribution achieved by the railways, and the implementation of a
national educational system from 1870 onwards. An important element
in this was the contribution made to 'progress' by provincial
cities, most often through the proliferation of Festivals.No less
important were the efforts of English musicians, composers,
performers and teachers alike, to achieve status in a country where
there was a strong amateur presence.There was also pressure from
below, and a difference - often an indifference - in the role and
interests of government, local and national. However, the dynamic
steps taken to found modern music institutions are traced.
Comparisons are made (as did the Victorians) between English and
foreign performers and composers, the 'giants' of the past and
present. The last chapters show the breaking away, never complete,
from 'foreign domination' and the identification of an English
musical 'renaissance.'The book is well illustrated. These pictures
complete the overwhelming impression of an era teeming with energy
and ambition, in music as in all else. The era laid the foundations
of the musical heritage and standards we enjoy today.
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"
- Now covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day, this major new edition has been completely revised and brought up-to-date. The approach embraces the whole continent from both national and regional perspectives, and combines political survey with grass roots 'people' history. Bringing this history vividly to life, the authors use a very broad range of sources including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspapers.
In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provincial
cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 there were
twenty-three. Over the same period London's population more than
doubled. In this companion volume to Victorian People and Victorian
Things, Lord Briggs focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds,
Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne (an example of a Victorian
community overseas) and London, comparing and contrasting their
social, political and topographical development. Full of
illuminating detail, Victorian Cities presents a unique social,
political and economic bird's-eye view of the past.
An authoritative, one stop overview of the history of sports in
Britain from the earliest times to the present. This remarkable
volume should become the standard reference source for the history
of British sport. It covers the sociology and psychology of sports,
major events such as the cricket Test Matches and Wimbledon, key
issues such as racism and drugs, and sport in drama, literature,
and the media.
The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland is a
wonderfully rich and comprehensive guide to the eventful history of
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland--from the arrival of the first
humans half a million years ago right up to the present day.
It traces the unfolding of key events through the Roman and
Norman conquests, the Civil War, the World Wars, and the rise and
fall of the British Empire. At the same time, it looks at the life
of society, focusing on such subjects as the growth of towns, the
changing languages of the British Isles, women's suffrage, and the
ascent of Victorian seaside resorts and the spread of the
suburbs.
Readers can explore the streets and landscapes of historical
cities in artwork reconstructions--from Roman London via medieval
Norwich to eighteenth-century Dublin and Enlightenment Edinburgh.
And superbly detailed maps depict such intriguing aspects of
history as Neolithic monuments, Viking raids, the Napoleonic wars,
the home front during the Second World War--and even Beatles
concert venues in the 1960s--as well as painstakingly showing the
influence that humans have had on the landscape over the
centuries.
Meticulously researched by a team of experts to offer a wide
variety of perspectives, The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain
and Ireland provides a kaleidoscopic account of centuries of change
and achievement, bringing the diverse and fascinating history of
the British Isles vividly to life.
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Victorian Cities (Paperback)
Asa Briggs; Foreword by Andrew Lees, Lynn Hollen Lees
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R1,170
Discovery Miles 11 700
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The cities of this book are the cities of the railway and tramway
age, of the age of steam and of gas, of a society sometimes
restless, sometimes complacent, moving, often fumbling and
faltering, towards greater democracy. The building of the cities
was a characteristic Victorian Achievement, impressive in scale but
limited in vision, creating new opportunities but also providing
massive new problems.
Marx lived in London as a political exile from 1849 until his death
in 1883. This book links the story of Marx's life in London to the
places he lived and worked, and is aimed at visitors who are
interested in seeing the places with which he was particularly
associated. It is fully illustrated with photographs, maps and
illustrations, and includes transport details to places of
interest. Marx spent most of the first years in London in Soho,
before moving to Kentish Town in 1856. Other places of significance
to his life include the British Museum Reading Room, where he
worked on Capital, Covent Garden, where the meetings of the First
International took place, and Hampstead Heath, where Marx and his
friends spent family Sundays.
This bibliography of more than three thousand entries, often
extensively annotated, lists books and pamphlets that illuminate
evolving British views on the United States during a period of
great change on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects addressed in
various decades include slavery and abolitionism, women's rights,
the Civil War, organized labor, economic, cultural, and social
behavior, political and religious movements, and the "American"
character in general.
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