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Daily Life in Victorian England, Second Edition
Sally Mitchell
ISBN: 0-313-35034-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35034-4
356 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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.

What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? 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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
About the Author: 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.
LCC Class: DA533
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
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