The Victorian Studies Reader by Kelly Boyd

The Victorian Studies Reader by Kelly Boyd

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This book gathers together, in one volume, some of the key pieces on Victorian history, society and culture and draws on new trends in looking at the Victorian Age and includes sections on, periodization, politics and consumerism.

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The Victorian Studies Reader by Kelly Boyd

Selected as an 'Outstanding Academic Title' in the 2008 CHOICE awards, The Victorian Studies Reader gathers together, in one volume, some of the key pieces on Victorian history, society and culture. The book draws on new trends in looking at the Victorian Age and includes sections on: periodization politics consumerism intellectual life sexuality empire. The Victorian Studies Reader is a rich resource, essential for all those studying this important period of history.

"For Victorianists, this is a welcome collection of significant articles or book excerpts written after 1980 that reflect important trends in broader interdisciplinary Victorian studies... This is a book to educate (and update) both students and professors, who are likely to keep returning to it." -- CHOICE April 2008 Vol. 45 (P.T. Smith, Saint Joseph's University)

Kelly Boyd teaches at the University of London. She edited the Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing (1999) and is the author of Manliness and the Boys’ Story Paper in Britain: A Cultural History, 1855-1940 (2003).

Rohan McWilliam is Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University and author of Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century England (1998) and The Tichborne Claimant: A Victorian Sensation (2007).

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ISBN 13 9780415355797
ISBN 10 0415355796
Title The Victorian Studies Reader
Author Kelly Boyd
Series Routledge Readers In History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2007-04-23
Number of pages 464
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.