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The Victorian World Picture, Paperback / softback Book

The Victorian World Picture Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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When did the Victorians come to regard themselves as "Victorians" and to use that term to describe the period in which they were living?

David Newsome's monumental history takes a good, long look at the Victorian age and what distinguishes it so prominently in the history of both England and the world.

The Victorian World Picture presents a vivid canvas of the Victorians as they saw themselves and as the rest of the world saw them. The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented population growth and massive industrialization.

Darwinian theory shook people's religious beliefs and foreign competition threatened industry and agriculture.

The transformation of this nineteenth-century world was overhwelming, pervading the social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and political spheres.

By the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, the British were calling themselves Victorians and Prince Albert was able to proclaim, "We are living at a period of most wonderful transition." David Newsome weaves all these strands of Victorian life into a compelling evocation of the spirit of a fascinating time that laid the foundation for the modern age.

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