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Modernity and the Victorians /

Modernity and the Victorians lays out in sweeping terms an alternative conception of the political and social dynamics of the period, centred on the past, morality, and community. It offers a deliberately bracing challenge to a swathe of received wisdoms which, it asserts, have fatally misled studen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawkins, Angus (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Civilization > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Civilization
Great Britain
1800-1901
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Modernity and the Victorians
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface: Angus Hawkins and the Victorians
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Rise of Social Science
  • 2. Modernisation Theory
  • 3. The Impact of the Social Sciences on Historiography
  • 4. The Victorians without Modernity
  • 5. Change and Continuity
  • Bibliography
  • Index