Science in Victorian Manchester, Golden, William T.
Автор: Carter Ian Название: British Railway Enthusiasm ISBN: 0719065674 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719065675 Издательство: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES UK Рейтинг: Цена: 5280.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasm`s life world - from railway modelling to Britain`s huge preserved railway industry. -- .
Описание: This book is about the most sweeping reform in the history of the French monarchy: the creation of assemblies at all levels of administration. The resistance of lords and office holders exposed their hereditary power over commoners, who sought to throw off their subordination when the crisis of the monarchy offered the opportunity in 1789. -- .
Описание: "We can begin with a kiss, though this will not turn out to be a love story, at least not a love story of anything like the usual kind."
So begins A Very Queer Family Indeed, which introduces us to the extraordinary Benson family. Edward White Benson became Archbishop of Canterbury at the height of Queen Victoria's reign, while his wife, Mary, was renowned for her wit and charm--the prime minister once wondered whether she was "the cleverest woman in England or in Europe." The couple's six precocious children included E. F. Benson, celebrated creator of the Mapp and Lucia novels, and Margaret Benson, the first published female Egyptologist.
What interests Simon Goldhill most, however, is what went on behind the scenes, which was even more unusual than anyone could imagine. Inveterate writers, the Benson family spun out novels, essays, and thousands of letters that open stunning new perspectives--including what it might mean for an adult to kiss and propose marriage to a twelve-year-old girl, how religion in a family could support or destroy relationships, or how the death of a child could be celebrated. No other family has left such detailed records about their most intimate moments, and in these remarkable accounts, we see how family life and a family's understanding of itself took shape during a time when psychoanalysis, scientific and historical challenges to religion, and new ways of thinking about society were developing. This is the story of the Bensons, but it is also more than that--it is the story of how society transitioned from the high Victorian period into modernity.
Автор: Spiers Edward Название: The Victorian Soldier in Africa ISBN: 0719091276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719091278 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period 1874-1902. It uses using a range of sources, such as letters and diaries, to allow soldiers to `speak form themselves` about their experience of colonial warfare -- .
Описание: This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how Dresser and his contemporaries discovered and documented birds across the globe. -- .
Описание: This study explores the `ecology of knowledge` of urban Britain in the Victorian period and seeks to examine the way in which Victorians comprehended the nature of their urban society.
Автор: Livingstone Justin D. Название: Livingstone`s `Lives` ISBN: 1526106795 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526106797 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 8288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores how Livingstone has been represented in diverse ways and put to work in a variety of socio-political contexts. -- .
Автор: Mosley, Stephen Название: The Chimney of the World ISBN: 0415477670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415477673 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8114.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Spiers, Edward M. Название: Engines for empire ISBN: 0719086159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719086151 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 17952.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This wide-ranging and extensively researched work reviews the way in which the British army exploited the potential of railways from the `dawn of the railway age` to the outbreak of the First World War. -- .
Описание: Through the analysis of a wide range of sources, which include aquarium manuals, articles and fictional works, The Victorian aquarium investigates the nineteenth-century vogue for home tanks; the book retraces the development and decline of the `aquarium mania`, exploring both its historical specificity and its far-ranging cultural resonance. -- .
Автор: Alberti Samuel J. M. M. Название: Nature and Culture: Objects, Disciplines and the Manchester Museum ISBN: 0719089034 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719089039 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them? -- .
What we can learn about caregiving and community from the Victorian novel
In Communities of Care, Talia Schaffer explores Victorian fictional representations of care communities, small voluntary groups that coalesce around someone in need. Drawing lessons from Victorian sociality, Schaffer proposes a theory of communal care and a mode of critical reading centered on an ethics of care. In the Victorian era, medical science offered little hope for cure of illness or disability, and chronic invalidism and lengthy convalescences were common. Small communities might gather around afflicted individuals to minister to their needs and palliate their suffering. Communities of Care examines these groups in the novels of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bront , Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Henry James, and Charlotte Yonge, and studies the relationships that they exemplify. How do carers become part of the community? How do they negotiate status? How do caring emotions develop? And what does it mean to think of care as an activity rather than a feeling? Contrasting the Victorian emphasis on community and social structure with modern individualism and interiority, Schaffer's sympathetic readings draw us closer to the worldview from which these novels emerged. Schaffer also considers the ways in which these models of carework could inform and improve practice in criticism, in teaching, and in our daily lives. Through the lens of care, Schaffer discovers a vital form of communal relationship in the Victorian novel. Communities of Care also demonstrates that literary criticism done well is the best care that scholars can give to texts.
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