We get to know different aspects of society, the differences between the classes, school systems, ethics and even a bit about the empire. It showed what changed and what stayed the same. I would have preferred some more depth with some topics, but it was a nice wrap up of the era. More indepth than most, yet not dry as, say, London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God Over sixty illustrations plus excerpts from primary sources enliven the work, which can be used in both the classroom and library to answer questions concerning laws, money, social class, values, morality, and private life. Organized for easy reference, the volume provides information about the physical, social, economic, and legal details of daily life in Victorian England. Teachers, students, and interested readers can use this resource to examine Victorian life in a multitude of settings, from idyllic country estates to urban slums. This valuable resource provides students, teachers, and librarians with all the information they need to recreate life in Victorian England.ĭescription: Drawing on a wealth of sources, this volume brings England's Victorian era to life. A chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index complete the work. Historical contexts are explained and emphasis is placed on groups often invisible in traditional history: children, women both at work and at home, and people who led respectable, ordinary lives. Over sixty illustrations plus excerpts from primary sources enliven the work, which can be used in both the classroom and library to answer questions concerning laws, money, social class, values, morality, and private life.Ĭhapters in the work cover: traditional ways of life in town and country, social class, money, work, crime and punishment, the laws of daily life (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), the development of a modern urban world (with railways, electricity, plumbing, and telephones), houses, food, clothing, shopping, the rituals of courtship and funerals, family and social life, education, health and medical care, leisure and pleasure, the importance of religion, and the impact of the Raj and the Empire.
Drawing on a wealth of sources, this volume brings England's Victorian era to life.
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