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Liberty and Authority in Victorian Britain
Peter Mandler
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Description for Liberty and Authority in Victorian Britain
Hardback. Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book, by historians of state and society, asks to what extent that was true and, to the extent that it was, how it worked. Editor(s): Mandler, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book explores the truth of that assumption and what it might mean. It considers what the Victorian State did or did not do, what were the prevailing definitions and practices of 'liberty', what other sources of discipline and authority existed beyond the State to structure people's lives - in sum, what were the broad conditions under which such a profound belief in 'liberty' could flourish, ... Read more
Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book explores the truth of that assumption and what it might mean. It considers what the Victorian State did or did not do, what were the prevailing definitions and practices of 'liberty', what other sources of discipline and authority existed beyond the State to structure people's lives - in sum, what were the broad conditions under which such a profound belief in 'liberty' could flourish, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199271337
SKU
V9780199271337
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About Peter Mandler
Educated at Oxford and Harvard universities, Peter Mandler has taught British history on both sides of the Atlantic and since 2001 at Cambridge University, where he is Reader in Modern British History and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. His most recent book is a history of the idea of the English national character, 'from Burke to Blair'. He ... Read more
Reviews for Liberty and Authority in Victorian Britain
...should refresh readers' understanding of mid-Victorian Britain
Contemporary Review
Taken together [the] essays create a multi-faceted picture, but each individual contribution is highly nuanced...This authoritative survey broadens our understanding of these key themes and suggests profitable ways in which inter-disciplinary approaches can be pursued.
Continuity and Change, Volume 22/2
Contemporary Review
Taken together [the] essays create a multi-faceted picture, but each individual contribution is highly nuanced...This authoritative survey broadens our understanding of these key themes and suggests profitable ways in which inter-disciplinary approaches can be pursued.
Continuity and Change, Volume 22/2