Author: Cleveland Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
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The History of England from the Commencement of the XIXth Century to the Crimean War
Author: Harriet Martineau
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Alphabetic Catalogue of the English Books in the Circulating Department of the Cleveland Public Library. Authors, Titles and Subjects
Author: Cleveland Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
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Book Bulletin
Author: San Francisco Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Publisher:
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Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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English Poetry and Prose of the Romantic Movement
Author: George Benjamin Woods
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Victorian Narratives of the Recent Past
Author: Helen Kingstone
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331949550X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book explains why narrating the recent past is always challenging, and shows how it was particularly fraught in the nineteenth century. The legacy of Romantic historicism, the professionalization of the historical discipline, and even the growth of social history, all heightened the stakes. This book brings together Victorian histories and novels to show how these parallel genres responded to the challenges of contemporary history writing in divergent ways. Many historians shrank from engaging with controversial recent events. This study showcases the work of those rare historians who defied convention, including the polymath Harriet Martineau, English nationalist J. R. Green, and liberal enthusiast Spencer Walpole. A striking number of popular Victorian novels are retrospective. This book argues that Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot’s “novels of the recent past” are long overdue recognition as genuinely historical novels. By focusing on provincial communities, these novelists reveal undercurrents invisible to national narratives, and intervene in debates about women’s contribution to history.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331949550X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book explains why narrating the recent past is always challenging, and shows how it was particularly fraught in the nineteenth century. The legacy of Romantic historicism, the professionalization of the historical discipline, and even the growth of social history, all heightened the stakes. This book brings together Victorian histories and novels to show how these parallel genres responded to the challenges of contemporary history writing in divergent ways. Many historians shrank from engaging with controversial recent events. This study showcases the work of those rare historians who defied convention, including the polymath Harriet Martineau, English nationalist J. R. Green, and liberal enthusiast Spencer Walpole. A striking number of popular Victorian novels are retrospective. This book argues that Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot’s “novels of the recent past” are long overdue recognition as genuinely historical novels. By focusing on provincial communities, these novelists reveal undercurrents invisible to national narratives, and intervene in debates about women’s contribution to history.
The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century
Author: Daniel R. LeClair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667499X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Meanwhile, politicians and army leaders argued over control of the country's ground forces in a decades-long struggle that did not end until reforms of 1904 put the military under the Secretary of State for War. Following the debate in the press, voters put pressure on both Parliament and the War Office to modernize ordnance and military administration. The "Great Gun Question" was as much about weaponry as about who ultimately controlled military power. Drawing on ordnance committee records and contemporary news reports, this book fills a gap in the history of British military technology and army modernization prior to World War I.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667499X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Meanwhile, politicians and army leaders argued over control of the country's ground forces in a decades-long struggle that did not end until reforms of 1904 put the military under the Secretary of State for War. Following the debate in the press, voters put pressure on both Parliament and the War Office to modernize ordnance and military administration. The "Great Gun Question" was as much about weaponry as about who ultimately controlled military power. Drawing on ordnance committee records and contemporary news reports, this book fills a gap in the history of British military technology and army modernization prior to World War I.
A History of England, Volume 2
Author: Clayton Roberts
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315509601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A History of England, Volume 2 (1688 to the Present), focuses on the key events and themes of English history since 1688. Topics include Britain's emergence as a great power in the 18th century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315509601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A History of England, Volume 2 (1688 to the Present), focuses on the key events and themes of English history since 1688. Topics include Britain's emergence as a great power in the 18th century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s.
Literary Celebrity, Gender, and Victorian Authorship, 1850–1914
Author: Alexis Easley
Publisher: University of Delaware
ISBN: 1611490170
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This study examines literary celebrity in Britain from 1850 to 1914 with chapters focused on a variety of Victorian authors, including Charles Dickens, Harriet Martineau, and Octavia Hill. Through lively analysis of rare cultural materials, Easley demonstrates the crucial role of the celebrity author in the formation of British national identity. As Victorians toured the homes and haunts of famous writers, they developed a sense of shared national heritage. At the same time, by reading sensational accounts of writers' lives, they were able to reconsider conventional gender roles and domestic arrangements. Women writers capitalized on celebrity media as a way of furthering their own careers and retelling British history on their own terms. Easley demonstrates how the trope of the literary celebrity was utilized for other purposes as well, including the professionalization of medicine, the development of the open space movement, and the formation of the literary canon.
Publisher: University of Delaware
ISBN: 1611490170
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This study examines literary celebrity in Britain from 1850 to 1914 with chapters focused on a variety of Victorian authors, including Charles Dickens, Harriet Martineau, and Octavia Hill. Through lively analysis of rare cultural materials, Easley demonstrates the crucial role of the celebrity author in the formation of British national identity. As Victorians toured the homes and haunts of famous writers, they developed a sense of shared national heritage. At the same time, by reading sensational accounts of writers' lives, they were able to reconsider conventional gender roles and domestic arrangements. Women writers capitalized on celebrity media as a way of furthering their own careers and retelling British history on their own terms. Easley demonstrates how the trope of the literary celebrity was utilized for other purposes as well, including the professionalization of medicine, the development of the open space movement, and the formation of the literary canon.
Library Journal
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Index-reference Catalogue of the Library of the Treasury Department
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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