Society and cultural forms in nineteenth century England / Simon Dentith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dentith, Simon.

Series:

Social history in perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Social conditions--19th century.

England.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

This book seeks to map the cultural history of nineteenth-century British society in light of the extraordinary transformations it went through. The transition of Britain from an industrializing but still predominantly agricultural society, with many of its traditional, vertically organized forms of social organization still intact, to a predominantly urban, class-divided and recognizably modern society remains one of the striking transformations of social history. The simultaneous transformation of Britain from one imperial power among others to the most powerful imperium in history is equally important. The author also explores some of the social and cultural changes which accompanied the economic and political ones: the transition from minority literacy to mass literacy; from an oligarchical social order to one with some genuine democratic features; from a time when women were being excluded from the public labor market to the age of the New Woman.

Contents:

1 Introduction: 'Society' and 'Cultural Form' 1

2 Connections: Culture and the Social Order 28

3 Divisions: Cultural and Social Challenges 53

4 Rural England 76

5 Understanding the City 103

6 Gender and Cultural Forms 128

7 Ethnicity, Race and Empire 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.

ISBN:

0312216319

OCLC:

38884227