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The mid-Victorian generation, 1846-1886

This, the third volume to appear in the New Oxford History of England, covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. In his magisterial study of the mid-Victorian generation, Theo Hoppen identifies three defining themes. The first he calls 'established industrialism' - the growing acceptance that factory life and manufacturing had come to stay. The second concerns the 'multiple national identities' of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. The third defining theme is that of 'interlocking spheres' which the author uses to illuminate the formation of public culture in the period
Print Book, English, 1998
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, Oxford, 1998
History
xviii, 787 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780198228349, 9780198731993, 0198228341, 019873199X
37211065
pt. 1. Society and the state. The agrarian interest
The middle sort of people
Workers by hand
The nature of the state
pt. 2. The fabric of politics. Parties, governments, policies 1846-1855
Crimean war and Indian mutiny
Palmerston and after, 1855-1868
Reform and electoral politics
pt. 3. Money and mentalities. A maturing economy
Living and spending
The business of culture
Godly people
The evolutionary moment
pt. 4. England and beyond. A British nation? The experiences of Scotland and Wales
The island of Ireland
Gladstone and Disraeli 1868-1880
Shifts and realignments 1880-1886