The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837

Wilson, Ben

ISBN 10: 1594201161 / ISBN 13: 9781594201165

Published by Penguin Press, 2007

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Stated: First published in 2007 by The Penguin Press. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with baby blue boards, wedge wood blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight: no writings, no markings noted but for shadow of stain on front end paper. Smudges on text block edges; black line on bottom text block near spine-possible remainder mark. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ". . . the history of an era rather like our own - a time when dissenters and rebels were hemmed in by conformists and hardheaded authoritarians, a time when a nation on the eve of global domination fretted about its future. It was, however, an era when those who argued that a British empire would be a disaster for liberty were eventually squashed by imperialists, just as those who railed against mindless materialism were in the end rolled over by imperialists, just as those who railed against mindless materialism were in the end rolled over by industrialists and the promoters of luxury goods. . . . reveals an era when people were obsessed with the need to appear authentic, and yet forever had doubts about who was and who wasn't - concerns familiar to the "me" age we know so well. . . . .".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594201161
• ISBN 13: 9781594201165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

A history of pre-Victorian England likens elements of the period to those of today's world, in an account that cites the contributions of Romantic authors, profiles the role of imperialism, and traces Britain's influence as an economic and political power. By the author of The Triumph of Laughter.

About the Author

Ben Wilson is a graduate of Cambridge University and the author of The Triumph of Laughter: William Hone and the Fight for The Free Press, published in the UK in 2005.