The Victorian Age: The Rede Lecture for I922 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Lewis, Virgil A.

 
9781440089848: The Victorian Age: The Rede Lecture for I922 (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Explore how Victorian Britain shaped politics, culture, and industry, and what it meant for everyday life. This book surveys the era’s social shifts, reforms, and the mood of a nation standing at the dawn of modernity.


Drawing on the era’s debates, literature, religion, and empire, it traces the forces that moved society from rigid hierarchy toward new possibilities—and the tensions that accompanied those changes.



  • How social classes merged and the middle class gained influence in government and work.

  • The growth of industry and the challenges of turning workers into skilled contributors in a changing economy.

  • Changes in religion and thought, including reactions to science and new ways of believing.

  • The political scene, reform movements, and Britain’s evolving role on the world stage.


Ideal for readers of history, social studies, and Victorian literature.

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