The most comprehensive social history of Victorian England to date.
Discusses the daily activities, social lives, and general social conditions of people of different classes living in Victorian England.
In this timesaving reference book, respected author and historian Kristine Hughes brings 19th century England to life as she leads you through the details that characterize this fascinating era. From...
Our relationship with dirt is complex and ambivalent. Dirt is waste, excrement, rubbish, bacteria--but what then is soil, where crops grow, and to which our bodies eventually return?
A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England Judith Flanders ... She never allowed pens and ink up into the bed - rooms , and had she ever heard that any guest in her house was reading in bed , she would have made an instant ...
The book covers key social, intellectual, and geographical aspects of women's lives, with main chapters on gender and ideals of womanhood, the state, religion, home and family, the body, childhood and youth, paid labor and professional work ...
I would also like to thank Jackie Depelle, Jackie Reid and Sue Wilkes who were so generous with their time and their research, and my editor, Jen Newby for her thoughtful suggestions and attention to detail.
... British Library Add MS 59,617 Yates, Edmund, After Office-Hours (London, W. Kent and Co., 1861) —, Edmund Yates: His Recollections and Experiences (London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1885) Yokel's Preceptor: or, More Sprees in London!
The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Victorian England
The most comprehensive social history of Victorian England to date.
If you liked A Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England or 1000 Years of Annoying the French, you will love this book. ______________________ 'Goodman skilfully creates a portrait of daily Victorian life with accessible, compelling, and ...