| Politics and Empire in Victorian Britain: A Reader 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Burton, Antoinette (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312293356 ISBN-13: 9780312293352 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: "Politics and Empire in Victorian Britain: A Reader" is the first source book to track the role the British Empire played in domestic politics, social attitudes and intellectual and cultural life. Unlike most other books on this subject, the reader also highlights women' s contributions to both domestic and imperial questions, and takes account of colonial men' s and women' s activities as well. The reader introduces the intersections of " home" and " empire" so that the effects of imperialism on Victorian politics and society can be fully appreciated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Political Science | Comparative Politics - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 909.097 |
| LCCN: 2001019448 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 343 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first source book to track the role the British empire played in domestic politics, social attitudes and intellectual and cultural life at home, this volume is undergirded by a recognizable political chronology, emphasizing moments of major constitutional reform (1832, 1867) and imperial crisis (1857, 1865, 1882, 1886, 1899). The primary purpose of the reader is to introduce students to the intersections of 'home' and 'empire', so that the effects of imperialism on Victorian politics and society can be fully appreciated. |