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This clear and thought-provoking examination of the years from Queen Victoria's accession to the close of the century, pays particular attention to the post-1875 period.

Title Victorian England : aspects of English and imperial history 1837-1901 / by L. C. B. Seaman.
Edition First edition.
Publisher Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis
Creation Date [2002]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliography and index.
English
Content Book Cover
Title
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page
INTRODUCTION
People of the Book
Age of Steam
Disease and Drudgery
Lord John and Sir Robert
Patriotism Prevails
Lord Pumicestone
The People's Darling
Leap in the Dark
Towards a Modern State (1)
Towards a Modern State (2)
Beaconsfieldism and Midlothianism
Cloud in the West
The Great Depression: Fact and Fiction
Death of Liberal England
Birth of the Twentieth Century
Imperial Pre-eminence
African Scramble
A Clash of Empires
Recessional
New Ways for Old
Queen and Mother
A NUMBER OF BOOKS
INDEX
Extent 1 online resource (493 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©1973.
National Library system number 997010704009105171
MARC RECORDS
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