Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast

Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast vividly reconstructs the social world of upper middle-class Belfast from c.1830 to 1890. Using extensive primary material, the book draws a rich portrait of Belfast's middle-class society, covering themes of civic activism, working lives, philanthropy, associational culture, evangelicalism, recreation, marriage and family life.

Info autore

Alice Johnson is a lecturer in history at Belfast Metropolitan College and Visiting Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast.

Riassunto

Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast vividly reconstructs the social world of upper middle-class Belfast from c.1830 to 1890. Using extensive primary material, the book draws a rich portrait of Belfast's middle-class society, covering themes of civic activism, working lives, philanthropy, associational culture, evangelicalism, recreation, marriage and family life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alice Johnson
• Editore: Liverpool University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781789620313
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-031-3
• Pagine: 376
• Serie: Reappraisals in Irish History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Nordirland, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Industrialisierung und Industriegeschichte, Heimatkunde