The Victorian world picture : perceptions and introspections in an age of change / David Newsome.
The Victorian world picture : perceptions and introspections in an age of change / David Newsome.
The Victorian world picture : perceptions and introspections in an age of change / David Newsome.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N941.081072/1
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English
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x, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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New Jersey
Date Published
1997.
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David Newsome's monumental history, The Victorian World Picture, takes a good, long look at the Victorian age and what distinguishes it so prominently in the history of both England and the world. The Victorian World Picture presents a vivid canvas of the Victorians as they saw themselves and as the rest of the world saw them.
Even the books that the Victorians read and their interpretations of history reveal a conflict between unbounded belief in progress and a nostalgic yearning for the values of the past. The transformation of the world of the Victorians was social, cultural, intellectual, economic and political - in a sense, earth-shaking. David Newsome weaves all th...
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The Victorian world picture : perceptions and introspections in an age of change / David Newsome.
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Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-294) and index.
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N941.081072/1
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74VMQLB7zw83
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0813524547 (alk. paper)
9780813524542 (alk. paper)
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941.081072
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991000486009702626
