London 1870 1914

Author : Andrew Saint
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781848224650
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London 1870-1914 written by Andrew Saint and published by Lund Humphries Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was arguably at the height of its power, uniqueness and attraction. Balancing the social, the topographical and the visible aspects of the great city, author Andrew Saint uses buildings, architecture, literature and art as a way into understanding social and historical phenomena. While many volumes on Victorian London focus on poverty (an issue which is included in this book), the author here provides a broader picture of life in the city. It is enlivened with a rich line-up of colourful characters, including Baron Albert Grant; Henry Mayers Hyndman and his connections with Karl Marx, William Morris and George Bernard Shaw; John Burns; Octavia Hill; Aubrey Beardsley and the artistic bohemians; Alfred Harmsworth and the Garrett sisters, and includes insightful quotes on London by esteemed authors such as Trollope, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling. Topics covered include: the creation of new neighbourhoods and roads; how the Victorians dealt with their housing crisis; why certain architectural styles were preferred; and the fashion for focusing on certain types of building.

Author : Anna Davin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up Poor written by Anna Davin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Up Poor explores childhood in late 19th and early 20th century London from a distinctive perspective. Anna Davin has skilfully woven together oral history, school records and other sources to reconstruct daily life among the labouring poor.

Author : Robert Charles Kirkwood Ensor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England, 1870-1914 written by Robert Charles Kirkwood Ensor and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Claire L Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317318765
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870–1914 written by Claire L Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late nineteenth century, advances in medical knowledge, technology and pharmaceuticals led to the development of a thriving commercial industry. The medical trade catalogue became one of the most important means of promoting the latest tools and techniques to practitioners. Drawing on over 400 catalogues produced between 1870 and 1914, Jones presents a study of the changing nature of medical professionalism. She examines the use of the catalogue in connecting the previously separate worlds of medicine and commerce and discusses its importance to the study of print history more widely.

Author : John C. Mitcham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110713899X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and Imperial Defence in the British World, 1870-1914 written by John C. Mitcham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of how British race patriotism shaped the defense partnership between Britain and the dominions before the Great War.

Author : Josephine Sharoni
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004336583
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lacan and Fantasy Literature written by Josephine Sharoni and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lacanian reading of fantasy fiction 1887-1914 showing the return of atavistic horrors in the wake of the dissolution of traditional authorities. The book shows the critical power of fantasy read in conjunction with psychoanalysis in exploring profound socio-political questions.

Author : Catherine Budd
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498529445
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport in Urban England written by Catherine Budd and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the largely unexplored social and cultural history of Middlesbrough and the leisure habits and opportunities of its people. It adds to existing studies of urban Britain and provides a specific study on the relationship between leisure and urbanization and industrialization. The book furthers understanding of urban sport and urban history by demonstrating how sport can be shaped by urban growth, whether directly or indirectly, and equally, how sport can also affect the way in which a town develops. This book shows how the study of sport in a particular setting provides another means of examining relationships between different social groups and within a large urban landscape. This book views the town’s sporting history alongside the development of Middlesbrough itself and within the context of the growth of sport in Britain more widely. Furthermore, as a study in urban history, this book addresses existing gaps in our knowledge of the development of towns and cities by examining the town’s sport. Through a detailed examination of local newspapers and archival sources, this book reveals the depth and diversity of the town’s sporting culture. In particular, it illustrates the role of the middle classes in the development of clubs, and the importance of class and social relations in determining an individual’s access to sport. As a consequence, the study also relates how the town’s working class populace was often excluded from the sporting culture, and shows the lack of sporting opportunities available to women. Amateurism is explored through the initial rejection of professional football, but the book also demonstrates the increased popularity of the professional game during this period. In addition, in view of Middlesbrough’s migrant population, the extent of football’s role in forming and reinforcing local and regional identities will be examined.

Author : Julie-Marie Strange
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139445871
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870–1914 written by Julie-Marie Strange and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With high mortality rates, it has been assumed that the poor in Victorian and Edwardian Britain did not mourn their dead. Contesting this approach, Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief among the working class, demonstrating that poverty increased - rather than deadened - it. She illustrates the mourning practices of the working classes through chapters addressing care of the corpse, the funeral, the cemetery, commemoration, and high infant mortality rates. The book draws on a broad range of sources to analyse the feelings and behaviours of the labouring poor, using not only personal testimony but also fiction, journalism, and official reports. It concludes that poor people did not only use spoken or written words to express their grief, but also complex symbols, actions and, significantly, silence. This book will be an invaluable contribution to an important and neglected area of social and cultural history.

Author : Sidney Pollard
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Shipbuilding Industry, 1870-1914 written by Sidney Pollard and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susie Steinbach
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780226667
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in England 1760-1914 written by Susie Steinbach and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research, this book looks at life-expectancy, sex, marriage and childbirth, and work inside and outside the home, for all classes of women. It charts the poverty and struggles of the working class as well as the leadership roles of middle-class and elite women. It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of organised feminism and the suffragette movement. It looks, too, at the huge role played by women in the British Empire: how imperialism shaped English women's lives and how women also moulded the Empire.