Victorian Values: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy, December 1990 (Proceedings of the British Academy No. 78): 078

by TCSmout (Editor)

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  1992

  $3.47

  Sifts through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differes from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.