Author : W.J. Reader Year of publication: 1974 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :No Condition: Good Category: History Cost of book: £8 (Includes P+P) Price negotiable: No
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Victorian England by W.J. Reader Fully Illustrated in B+W and Colour 224 pages 111 black and white illustrations 16 pages of colour illustrations Good condition, tightly bound red hardback with a slightly torn, scuffed and faded dustcover 1974 Book Club Associates 250mm x 190mm Post and packaging included. Queen Victoria's reign saw a dramatic change in English life. Its whole basis swung decisively from agriculture to industry, from the country to the towns. The outpouring of energy was enormous; the increase in wealth and in population undreamed of. The first of the great industrial states was in the making. W J Reader shows just what these changes meant for men and women at all levels of society. Many lived in abject poverty, yet many more people than ever before were able to lead lives of decency and comfort; at the same time power and influence passed from the landed aristocracy to the town-made middle classes. The author's evocative text and carefully chosen illustrations combine to paint a vivid and rounded portrait of Victorian England, whether at work or at play, at home or in the factory, in the slums or thanks to the railways—at the seaside. The jacket illustration is a detail from `Derby Day' by W P Frith Contents List of Illustrations 6 Acknowledgment 11 1 The Victorian setting 13 2 The Gentry 31 3 Farmers and their men 52 4 The growth of towns 74 5 Town life: the Poor 97 6 Town life: the comfortable working classes 120 7 The foundations of middle-class life 145 8 Middle-class England 171 9 The passing of an age 196 Bibliography 215 Index 218 First class Post and Packaging included
