Bibliograph

Victorian Britain, Patrick Allitt, Part 1 of 3

Type

Label

Victorian Britain, Patrick Allitt, Part 1 of 3

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliographical references in course guidebooks

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Victorian Britain

Oclc number

68130060

Responsibility statement

Patrick Allitt

Runtime

360

Series statement

The great courses

Summary

Examines how the Victorians lived with social and economic contradictions and how Britain changed between the 1830s and 1900

Table Of Contents

Pt. I. The Victorian paradox -- Victoria's early reign, 1837-1861 -- The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1830 -- Railways and steamships -- Parliamentary reform and Chartism -- The upper and middle class woman -- The working class woman -- The state church and evangelical revival -- The Oxford Movement and Catholicism -- Work and working class life -- Poverty and the "Hungry Forties" -- Ireland, famine, and Robert Peel

Technique

live action

Classification