After the Victorians private conscience and public duty in modern Britain : essays in memory of John Clive
Written by a team of eminent historians, these essays explore how ten twentieth-century intellectuals and social reformers sought to adapt such familiar Victorian values as `civilisation', `domesticity', `conscience' and `improvement' to modern conditions of democracy, feminism a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis
1994
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434478806719 |
| Sumario: | Written by a team of eminent historians, these essays explore how ten twentieth-century intellectuals and social reformers sought to adapt such familiar Victorian values as `civilisation', `domesticity', `conscience' and `improvement' to modern conditions of democracy, feminism and mass culture. Covering such figures as J.M. Keynes, E.M. Forster and Lord Reith of the BBC, these interdisciplinary studies scrutinize the children of the Victorians at a time when their private assumptions and public positions were under increasing strain in a rapidly changing world. After the Victorians< |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134911783 9781134911790 9781280169021 9780203992753 |
| Acceso: | Online access |
