High minds: the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain
"An ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian Age—and the Victorian mind—by a master historian. Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty; there were attempts to assassinate the queen and her prime minister; and the ruling class lived in fear of r...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "An ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian Age—and the Victorian mind—by a master historian. Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty; there were attempts to assassinate the queen and her prime minister; and the ruling class lived in fear of riot and revolution. By the 1880s it was a confident nation of progress and prosperity, transformed not just by industrialization but by new attitudes to politics, education, women, and the working class. That it should have changed so radically was very largely the work of an astonishingly dynamic and high-minded group of people—politicians and philanthropists, writers and thinkers—who in a matter of decades fundamentally remade the country, its institutions and its mindset, and laid the foundations for modern society. High Minds explores this process of transformation as it traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the fate of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. The narrative analyzes the birth of new attitudes in education, religion, and science. And High Minds shows how even such aesthetic issues as taste in architecture collided with broader debates about the direction that the country should take. In the process, Simon Heffer looks at the lives and deeds of major politicians; at the intellectual arguments that raged among writers and thinkers such as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Butler; and at the "great projects" of the age, from the Great Exhibition to the Albert Memorial. Drawing heavily on previously unpublished documents, he offers a superbly nuanced portrait into life in an extraordinary era, populated by extraordinary people—and show how the Victorians’ pursuit of perfection gave birth to the modern Britain we know today."--Publisher description |
| Beschreibung: | Reprint. Originally published: London : Random House, 2013 |
| Beschreibung: | xvii, 878 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781643139173 |
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| spelling | Heffer, Simon 1960- Verfasser (DE-588)172837812 aut High minds the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain Simon Heffer High minds Victorians and the birth of modern Britain First Pegasus Books cloth edition New York ; London Pegasus Books 2022 xvii, 878 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reprint. Originally published: London : Random House, 2013 Prologue: Dr. Arnold of Rugby -- part I. The condition of England: The angry forties : agitation and riot ; Noblesse oblige : politics and the aristocracy ; The ascent of the bourgeoisie : radicalism and the end of the corn laws ; Chartism : the rise of working class politics -- part II. The Victorian mind. The Godly mind : national apostasy and the Victorian church ; The doubting mind : struggles in the sea of faith ; The rational mind : intellectuals and the growth of secularism ; The political mind : high principle and low ambition ; The progressive mind : the great exhibition and its legacy ; The heroic mind : Albert and the cult of the great man -- part III. The transformation of Britain: The leap in the dark : reform and the coming of democracy ; Broadening minds : the battle for education ; The end of privilege : inventing the meritocracy ; The rights of women : divorce, the vote and education -- part IV. The birth of the modern: The pursuit of perfection : Victorian intellectuals and the new Britain ; Doing good : philanthropists and the humane impulse ; The way we live now : the creation of the Victorian city ; A glimpse of the Gothic : founding a national style ; The reforming mind : Parliament and the advance of civilisation "An ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian Age—and the Victorian mind—by a master historian. Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty; there were attempts to assassinate the queen and her prime minister; and the ruling class lived in fear of riot and revolution. By the 1880s it was a confident nation of progress and prosperity, transformed not just by industrialization but by new attitudes to politics, education, women, and the working class. That it should have changed so radically was very largely the work of an astonishingly dynamic and high-minded group of people—politicians and philanthropists, writers and thinkers—who in a matter of decades fundamentally remade the country, its institutions and its mindset, and laid the foundations for modern society. High Minds explores this process of transformation as it traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the fate of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. The narrative analyzes the birth of new attitudes in education, religion, and science. And High Minds shows how even such aesthetic issues as taste in architecture collided with broader debates about the direction that the country should take. In the process, Simon Heffer looks at the lives and deeds of major politicians; at the intellectual arguments that raged among writers and thinkers such as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Butler; and at the "great projects" of the age, from the Great Exhibition to the Albert Memorial. Drawing heavily on previously unpublished documents, he offers a superbly nuanced portrait into life in an extraordinary era, populated by extraordinary people—and show how the Victorians’ pursuit of perfection gave birth to the modern Britain we know today."--Publisher description Geschichte 1837-1901 gnd rswk-swf Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd rswk-swf Politik (DE-588)4046514-7 gnd rswk-swf Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Great Britain / Civilization / 19th century Great Britain / Social conditions / 19th century Great Britain / Social life and customs / 19th century Great Britain / History / Victoria, 1837-1901 Great Britain / Politics and government / 1837-1901 Grande-Bretagne / Civilisation / 19e siècle Grande-Bretagne / Conditions sociales / 19e siècle Grande-Bretagne / Murs et coutumes / 19e siècle Grande-Bretagne / Histoire / 1837-1901 (Victoria) Grande-Bretagne / Politique et gouvernement / 1837-1901 Civilization Manners and customs Politics and government Social conditions Great Britain 1800-1901 History Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 s Politik (DE-588)4046514-7 s Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 s Geschichte 1837-1901 z DE-604 |
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