Titre : |
Victorian people: AReassessment of persons and themes 1851- 67. |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Briggs.Asa., Auteur |
Editeur : |
london : Penguin books |
Année de publication : |
1990 |
Importance : |
319p. |
Format : |
20cm*13cm. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-14-013133-8 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
942 Angleterre et pays de Galles |
Résumé : |
This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War, and Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work to Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools and Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark, Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements.
A study of the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From 'John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War', and 'Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work' to 'Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools' and 'Benjamin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark', Asa Briggs gives a fresh and stimulating assessment of Victorian achievements. In doing so, he conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the time.
‘A warm and vivid book, as readable as it is well informed’ New York Herald Tribune.
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Victorian people: AReassessment of persons and themes 1851- 67. [texte imprimé] / Briggs.Asa., Auteur . - london : Penguin books, 1990 . - 319p. ; 20cm*13cm. ISBN : 978-0-14-013133-8 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
Index. décimale : |
942 Angleterre et pays de Galles |
Résumé : |
This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War, and Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work to Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools and Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark, Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements.
A study of the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From 'John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War', and 'Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work' to 'Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools' and 'Benjamin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark', Asa Briggs gives a fresh and stimulating assessment of Victorian achievements. In doing so, he conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the time.
‘A warm and vivid book, as readable as it is well informed’ New York Herald Tribune.
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