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Victorian culture and society : the essential glossary / by Adam C. Roberts.
LIBRA DA550 .R59 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles)
- Series:
- Essential glossary
- The essential glossary
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Encyclopedias.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--19th century--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This glossary offers an introduction to Victorian culture and society and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of key words, events, figures and concepts in the study of the Victorian period. Covering literary topics, traditions and movements, as well as the period's history, culture and politics, the entries are fully crossreferenced and assume no prior knowledge, making this an essential reference on the Victorian period.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0340807628
- OCLC:
- 52056660
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