The Mid-Victorian Generation : 1846-1886

ISBN-13: 9780198228349 / Angielski

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Opis

This third volume in the New Oxford History of England covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. In his magisterial study of the mid-Victorian generation, Theodore Hoppen identifies three defining themes: "established industrialism"--the growing acceptance that factory life and manufacturing had come to stay; "multiple national identities" of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom; and "interlocking spheres," which the author uses to illuminate the formation of public culture in the period. This original and authoritative book will define these pivotal forty years in British history for the next generation.

Recenzje

Professor Hoppen has produced a very impressive study reflecting...new ways of thinking...a balanced, rounded and extremely engaging account of Britain between the repeal of the Corn Laws and the failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. As well as offering a wide-ranging survey of the period, Hoppen's study is valuable because it does not mask areas of disagreement between historians in an attempt to provide synthesis. This is an exceptionally imaginative and absorbing book which reveals how those who may not have qualified as voters had an impact on the debate on the legitimacy of the state. Specialists will admire it; undergraduates may find it hard to put down.

O autorze

Theodore K. Hoppen is Professor in History at the University of Hull.