Politics and culture in Victorian Britain : essays in memory of Colin Matthew / edited by Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghosh, Peter.

Goldman, Lawrence, 1957-

Matthew, H. C. G. (Henry Colin Gray)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How and why should we study Victorian Britain? The answer to this question used to be quite straightforward. It was the Victorian contribution to modern politics which stood out above all else. Today we are not so sure. This book suggest that politics are still central, but must be more broadly construed, as a pervasive part of Victorian culture as a whole. - ;In the last twenty years one of the classical arenas for British historical writing - the politics of Victorian Britain - has ceased to be an obvious or self-evidently important subject. Facing up to this challenge, the historians who ha

Contents:

A brief word on "politics" and "culture" / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman

Colin Matthew (1941-1999) / Boyd Hilton

Colin Matthew : a memoir / Ross McKibbin

Colin Matthew : a bibliography / Peter Ghosh and Lawrence Goldman

Gladstone and Peel / Peter Ghosh

Gladstone and a liberal theory of international relations / Martin Ceadel

The enfranchisement of the urban poor in late-Victorian Britain / John Davis

The defection of the middle class : the Endowed Schools Act, the Liberal Party and the 1874 election / Lawrence Goldman

Liberal passions : reason and emotion in late- and post-Victorian liberal thought / Michael Freeden

The Church of England and women's higher education, c. 1840-1914 / Janet Howarth

Protestant histories : James Anthony Froude, partisanship, and national identity / Jane Garnett

Roman candles : Catholic converts among authors in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain / Philip Waller

Scenes from professional life : medicine, moral conduct, and interconnectedness in Middlemarch / Margaret Pelling

Victorian interpretations of Thomas Hobbes / Jose Harris.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-151444-6

1-280-90483-6

OCLC:

476257090