In the last twenty years one of the classical arenas for British historical writing – the politics of Victorian Britain – has ceased to be an obvious or self-evidently important subject. Facing up to this challenge, the historians who have contributed to this volume explore central aspects of that history. They continue to uphold the centrality of politics to Victorian Britain, but suggest that politics must be viewed more broadly, as a concern pervading almost allspheres of life, just as Victorians themselves would have done. In this way politics penetrates into Victorian culture. ‘Politics’ can lead us into the ideas governing political action itself; political ideas; international relations; the eduction of men and women; the writing of history and ofliterature; engagement with past political theorists; and the ideas behind professionalization. Such are some of the themes taken up here. The specific occasion for these essays was as a tribute to the memory of the late Colin Matthew, one of the most eminent recent historians of Victorian Britain, who was himself determined to uphold the contemporary relevance of Victorian political tradition, and to explore the interface between ‘politics’ and ‘culture’. Reflection on his intellectual achievement is a second distinctive component of this book.
Peter Ghosh & Lawrence Goldman
Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain [PDF ebook]
Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew
Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain [PDF ebook]
Essays in Memory of Colin Matthew
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● ISBN 9780191514449 ● 编辑 Peter Ghosh & Lawrence Goldman ● 出版者 OUP Oxford ● 发布时间 2006 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2272136 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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