Victorian Values - A Joint Symposium of Royal Society of Edinburgh British Academy,

Klappentext Sifts through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differes from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept! while other papers shed light on Victorian issues! from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women. Zusammenfassung Sifts through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differes from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.

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• Authors: British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, T. C. Smout, T.C. Smout, SMOUT T C
• Assisted by: T C Smout (Editor), T. C. Smout (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.1992
• EAN: 9780197261194
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726119-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Proceedings of the British Aca; Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 78; Proceedings of the British Aca; Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 78
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries