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Victorian People : a Reassessment of Persons and Themes 1851-1867 by Asa Briggs is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From "John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War", and "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" to "Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools" and "Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark", Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements; and in doing so conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the last century.<br> <br> "For expounding this the
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Asa Briggs
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Published
- 1963
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226074887
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Victorian Era (1837 1901)
- Rating
- 3.42 / 5 (50 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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