Victorian Britain / Patrick Allitt.
Examines how the Victorians lived with social and economic contradictions and how Britain changed between the 1830s and 1900.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565853911
- ISBN: 9781565853911
- Physical Description: 18 audio discs (approximately 1,080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (22 cm).
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title and date from course guidebooks. In three parts (containers): Part 1 contains discs 1-6 ; part 2, discs 7-12 ; part 3, discs 13-18 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliographical references in course guidebooks. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. 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. pt. 2. Scotland and Wales -- Progress and optimism -- China and the opium war -- Crimean war: 1854-1856 -- Indian Mutiny: 1857 -- Victorian Britain and the American civil war -- British in Africa: 1840-1880 -- Victorian literature I -- Art and music -- Science -- Medicine and public health -- Architecture. pt. 3. Education -- Trade unions and the labour party -- Crime and punishment -- Gladstone and disraeli: 1865-1881 -- Ireland and home rule -- Democracy and its discontents -- The British in Africa: 1880-1901 -- Later Victorian literature -- Leisure -- Domestic servants -- Victoria after Albert: 1861-1901 -- The Victorian legacy. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer, Patrick Allitt. |
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| Subject: | Great Britain > Civilization > 19th century. Great Britain > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks collection > Nonfiction. |
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Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown Public Library | AudioCD 941.081 VICT (Text) | COURSE GUIDE | 34455006753715 | Audiobook CD Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | AudioCD 941.081 VICT (Text) | 34455006753681 | Audiobook CD Nonfiction | Available | - | |
| Allentown Public Library | AudioCD 941.081 VICT (Text) | 34455006753699 | Audiobook CD Nonfiction | Available | - | |
| Allentown Public Library | AudioCD 941.081 VICT (Text) | 34455006753707 | Audiobook CD Nonfiction | Available | - |
