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The mid-Victorian generation, 1846-1886

1998; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 36; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.36-1791

1943-5975

K. Theodore Hoppen,

South Asian Cinema and Culture

LIST OF PLATES LIST OF MAPS LIST OF TABLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION PART 1: SOCIETY AND THE STATE 1 THE AGRARIAN INTEREST: AGRICULTURAL UPS AND DOWNS - RURAL SOCIETY 2 THE MIDDLE SORT OF PEOPLE: NUMBERS, EXPERIENCES, ANXIETIES - PROFESSIONAL PERSONS - LOWER BORDERLANDS - URBAN CONTEXTS 3 WORKERS BY HAND: NUMBERS, WORK, POVERTY - RESPECTABILITY, ADJUSTMENT, AUTONOMY - STANDARDS OF LIVING 4 THE NATURE OF THE STATE: WHAT SHOULD THE STATE DO? - CENTRE AND LOCALITIES - WHAT THE STATE DID PART II: THE FABRIC OF POLITICS 5 PARTIES, GOVERNMENT, POLICIES 1846-1855: CORN LAW REPEAL - PARTIES - GOVERNMENTS - IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS 6 CRIMEAN WAR AND INDIAN MUTINY: WAR AGAINST RUSSIA - REVOLT IN INDIA 7 PALMERSTON AND AFTER, 1855-1868: PALMERSTON AT LAST - CONSERVATIVE INTERLUDE - PALMERSTON AGAIN AND GLADSTONE RISING - PERTURBATIONS, 1865-1868 - IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS 8 REFORM AND ELECTORAL POLITICS: QUESTIONS OF REFORM - REFORM ACTS 1867/1868 - ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM PART III MONEY AND MENTALITIES 9 A MATURING ECONOMY: REVOLUTIONS, CLIMATERICS, PRODUCTIVITY - INDUSTRIES, RAILWAYS SERVICES - A TRADING NATION - INVESTING AT HOME AND OVERSEAS - NO LONGER AT FULL STEAM? 10 LIVING AND SPENDING: FAMILIES, SEX, RELATIONSHIPS - HOUSES, DOMESTICITY, MAKING ENDS MEET - FOOD AND CLOTHES - SHOPS, PUBS, AND HAVING A GOOD TIME 11THE BUSINESS OF CULTURE: PRELIMINARY - LITERATURE - MUSIC - PAINTING - ARCHITECTURE 12 GODLY PEOPLE: DENOMINATIONAL LANDSCAPES - WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID 13 THE EVOLUTIONARY MOMENT: SPENCER, DARWIN, AND OTHERS - PROGRESS, DISSOLUTION, HOPES, FEARS - MATTERS OF BELIEF - MATTERS OF IMAGINATION PART IV ENGLAND AND BEYOND 14 A BRITISH NATION? THE EXPERIENCES OF SCOTLAND AND WALES: BRITAIN, A LOP-SIDED AFFAIR - SCOTLAND: SOCIETY AND RELIGION - WALES: RELIGION AND CHANGE - SCOTLAND: IDENTITIES, REGIONS, LAND - WALES: LAND AND POLITICS - AMBIVALENT STATES 15 THE ISLAND OF IRELAND: CONTEXTS - THE GREAT FAMINE - A POST-FAMINE WORLD: LAND, RELIGION, POLITICS 16 GLADSTONE AND DISRAELI 1868-1880: GLADSTONE SPRINTING - DISRAELI STROLLING - FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL AFFAIRS - ANOTHER LIBERAL TIDE 17 SHIFTS AND REALIGNMENTS: LEADERS, PARTIES, POLICIES - FOREIGN AND IMPERIAL AFFAIRS - IRISH QUESTIONS MAPS CHRONOLOGY LIST OF CABINETS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX List of Plates List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgements to Illustrations Introduction PART 1: SOCIETY AND THE STATE 1. The Agrarian Interest: Agricultural ups and downs - Rural society 2. The Middle Sort of People: Numbers, experiences, anxieties - Professional persons - Lower borderlands - Urban contexts 3. Workers by Hand: Numbers, work, poverty - Respectability, adjustment, autonomy - Standards of living 4. The Nature of the State: What should the State do? - Centre and localities - What the State did PART II: THE FABRIC OF POLITICS 5. Parties, Government, Policies 1846-1855: Corn Law repeal - Parties - Governments - Imperial and foreign affairs 6. Crimean War and Indian Mutiny: War against Russia - Revolt in India 7. Palmerston and After, 1855-1868: Palmerston at last - Conservative interlude - Palmerston again and Gladstone rising - Perturbations, 1865-1868 - Imperial and foreign affairs 8. Reform and Electoral Politics: Questions of reform - Reform Acts 1867/1868 - Elections and the electoral system PART III MONEY AND MENTALITIES 9. A Maturing Economy: Revolutions, climaterics, productivity - Industries, railways services - A trading nation - Investing at home and overseas - No longer at full steam? 10. Living and Spending: Families, sex, relationships - Houses, domesticity, making ends meet - Food and clothes - Shops, pubs, and having a good time 11. The Business of Culture: Preliminary - Literature - Music - Painting - Architecture 12. Godly People: Denominational landscapes - Who they were and what they did 13. The Evolutionary Moment: Spencer, Darwin, and others - Progress, dissolution, hopes, fears - Matters of belief - matters of imagination PART IV ENGLAND AND BEYOND 14. A British Nation? The Experiences of Scotland and Wales: Britain, a lop-sided affair - Scotland: society and religion - Wales: religion and change - Scotland: Identities, regions, land - Wales: land and politics - Ambivalent states 15. The Island of Ireland: Contexts - The Great Famine - A post-famine world: land, religion, politics 16. Gladstone and Disraeli 1868-1880: Gladstone sprinting - Disraeli strolling - Foreign and imperial affairs - Another Liberal tide 17. Shifts and Realignments: Leaders, parties, policies - Foreign and imperial affairs - Irish questions Maps Chronology List of Cabinets Bibliography Index