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Victorians at Home and Away (Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World) - Hardcover

Book 17 of 37: Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World

Phillips, Janet; Phillips, Peter

 
9781138194816: Victorians at Home and Away (Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138194816 ISBN 13: 9781138194816
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1978, this book explores everyday Victorian likes and dislikes, manners, fashions, ideals and illusions. It discusses their changing attitudes to women, children, the poor, the common soldier and their country. It explains the rise and fall of home entertainment, the growth of soccer, racing and cricket to national sports, the rise of public schools and new professions as well as the appeal of missionary work. It is argued that all this happened not because the Victorians were fools, hypocrites or villains, but because they sensibly adapted themselves to peculiar and novel circumstances. This title will be of interest to students of history.

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Phiilips Janet, Peter Phillips

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138194816
ISBN 13 
9781138194816
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
234