High minds : the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain / Simon Heffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heffer, Simon, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.

Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.

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

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 878 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Other Title:

High minds

Victorians and the birth of modern Britain

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Pegasus Books, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND

1. The Angry Forties: Poverty, Agitation and Riot

2. Noblesse Oblige: Politics and the Aristocracy

3. The Ascent of the Bourgeoisie: Radicalism and the End of the Corn Laws

4. Chartism: The Rise of Working-class Politics

pt. II THE VICTORIAN MIND

5. The Godly Mind: National Apostasy and the Victorian Church

6. The Doubting Mind: Struggles in the Sea of Faith

7. The Rational Mind: Intellectuals and the Growth of Secularism

8. The Political Mind: High Principle and Low Ambition

9. The Progressive Mind: The Great Exhibition and Its Legacy

10. The Heroic Mind: Albert and the Cult of the Great Man

pt. III THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITAIN

11. The Leap in the Dark: Reform and the Coming of Democracy

12. Broadening Minds: The Battle for Education

13. The End of Privilege: Inventing the Meritocracy

14. The Rights of Women: Divorce, the Vote and Education

pt. IV THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN

15. The Pursuit of Perfection: Victorian Intellectuals and the New Britain

16. Doing Good: Philanthropists and the Humane Impulse

17. The Way We Live Now: The Creation of the Victorian City

18. A Glimpse of the Gothic: Founding a National Style

19. The Reforming Mind: Parliament and the Advance of Civilisation.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: London : Random House, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 821-856) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781643139173

1643139177

OCLC:

1259045854