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The Victorian Studies Reader

by: Boyd; Kelly

The Victorian Studies Reader

by: Boyd; Kelly

ISBN 13: 9780415355797
ISBN 10: 0415355796
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/05/2007
Publisher: Routledge

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The Victorian Studies Reader gathers together, in one volume, some of the key pieces on Victorian history, society and culture. The book draws on new trends in looking at the Victorian Age and includes sections on: periodization politics consumerism intellectual Life sexuality empire. The Victorian Studies Reader is a rich resource, essential for all those studying this important period of history.

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction: Rethinking the Victorians	p. 1
Periodisation	p. 49
Should We Abandon the Idea of the Victorian Period?	p. 51
Economy	p. 67
Can Culture Explain Economic Decline?	p. 69
Gentlemanly Capitalism	p. 83
Consumerism and material culture	p. 97
Women and the Department Store	p. 99
Clothing the Middle-Class Male	p. 110
Society and class	p. 127
The Fall of Class	p. 129
Representing the Manchester Irish	p. 136
Space	p. 149
Public Spaces in the Victorian City	p. 151
Politics high and low	p. 165
Liberalism and Government	p. 167
Radicalism, Language and Class	p. 177
Gender and Radicalism	p. 191
Morality	p. 207
In Defence of the Victorians	p. 209
Intellectual history	p. 221
Character and the Victorian Mind	p. 223
Religion	p. 233
Religion, Doctrine and Public Policy	p. 235
How Religious Was Victorian Britain?	p. 244
Science	p. 253
Evolution Before Darwin	p. 255
Domesticating Evolution	p. 268
Darwin's Imagination	p. 282
Science and Popular Culture	p. 288
Gender and the family	p. 305
Separate Spheres	p. 307
Men and Domesticity	p. 318
Working-Class Family Strategies	p. 324
Sexuality	p. 339
Working-Class Sexuality	p. 341
The Meaning of the Prostitute	p. 347
Jack the Ripper and the Doctors	p. 360
Homosexuality and Late Victorian Anxiety	p. 370
Sexuality and the Pub	p. 380
Monarchy	p. 395
Restoring the Popularity of the Monarchy	p. 397
Race, Empire and national identity	p. 411
Bringing the Empire Back In	p. 413
Index	p. 431
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