Victorian Values

Smout T. C.

ISBN 10: 0197261191 / ISBN 13: 9780197261194

Published by Oxford University Press, 1992

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pp. 238.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Victorian Values
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197261191
• ISBN 13: 9780197261194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about Victorian values. This collection of papers attempts to sift through the myths to illustrate how the reality of the Victorian age differs from modern perceptions. Of particular relevance is Raphael Samuel's important examination of Mrs Thatcher's use of the concept, while other papers shed light on Victorian issues, from the Scotland of Samuel Smiles to the position of women.

About the Author

Christopher Smout is Historiographer Royal in Scotland and Emeritus Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He has written widely on Scottish economic, social and demographic history, and since the mid 1990s has been much concerned with environmental history. 'He was the first deputy chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage in the 1990s'. Mairi Stewart is an environmental historian specialising in Scottish woodland history. She joined the staff of the UHI Centre for History in 2005 and is currently working on a four-year research project dealing with the social history of twentieth-century Scottish forestry.