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What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women''s rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin''s discoveries on everyday life. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian daily living, including women''s roles; Victorian Morality; leisure; health and medicine; and life in all settings, from workhouses to country estates. This edition features an extensive guide to contemporary primary source material and further research, including information about finding authoritative sources easily on the Web. Illustrations, interactive sidebars, a chronology and glossary further illuminate the details of Victorian culture. This volume is an ideal source for students and teachers alike.Discover the effects of increased women''s rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin''s discoveries on everyday life. Engaging narrative chapters explore all aspects of the Victorian experience, including: fashion, morality, courtship and mourning rituals, crime and punishment, public school requirements, legal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), sports like croquet and foxhunting, and the importance of religion.>
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Chronology
Introduction: The Victorians and Their World
1. A Brief History of Victorian England
2. The Foundations of Daily Life: Class, Tradition, and Money
3. Working Life
4. Technology, Science, and the Urban World
5. Official Life: Government and the Law
6. Private Life: House, Food, and Clothes
7. Family and Social Rituals
8. Education
9. Health and Medicine
10. Leisure and Pleasure: Holidays, Sports, and Recreation
11. Faith and Works: Religion and Reform
12. Victorian Morality
13. England and Empire
Appendix: Victorian Research and Resources
Glossary
Further Reading
Über den Autor / die Autorin
SALLY MITCHELL is Professor of English and Women$$$apos$$$s Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Mitchell did her doctoral work at Oxford University as a Fulbright Scholar. In addition to editing Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia, she has written several scholarly books on Victorian literature and culture, has read hundreds of popular Victorian novels, magazines, schoolbooks, and advice manuals, and has served on the Modern Language Association Division Executive Committee for the Victorian Period.
