Victorian People : A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67 /

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 "Benjanm...

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Main Authors:	Briggs, Asa (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016 (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	De Gruyter
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Edition:	Revised and illustrated edition
Subjects:	HISTORY / General Great Britain > Biography Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 british history, victorian period, great exhibition, second reform act, 19th century england, independence, progress, politics, culture, samuel smiles, john arthur roebuck, crimean war, gospel of work, thomas hughes, public schools, welfare state, benjamin disraeli, leap in the dark, historic achievements, queen victoria, biography, london, crystal palace, democracy, parliament, english constitution, trade unions, labor negotiations, policy, politicians Dictionaries