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Hace 3 días · From the rapid advance of industrialization and urbanization to the expansion of the British Empire, groundbreaking scientific discoveries to the birth of modern leisure and consumerism, the Victorian era was a period of unparalleled dynamism and innovation.
Hace 1 día · The Victorian era saw the fleshing out of the second British Empire. Scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians—actually begins with her coronation or the earlier passage of the Reform Act 1832 .
Hace 3 días · This was the London that contemporaries dubbed "the Monster City" – a seething cauldron of humanity that inspired both awe and apprehension. In this article, we‘ll explore how Victorian London grappled with the challenges of breakneck growth and social transformation.
Hace 2 días · It was commenced in February, 1864, and completed in July, 1870; and as a piece of engineering skill it is second to none of the great achievements that have marked the Victorian era.
Hace 3 días · DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2429. Date accessed: 26 May, 2024. In Bread Winner Professor Emma Griffin weaves together a large number of autobiographical accounts of working-class family life, including many by women, to describe the nature and causes of poverty in 19th and early 20th century Britain.
Hace 3 días · As for the early history of the fair city of Westminster, we fear that, like that of Rome under the kings, it is a little mixed up with fable. It owed its first beginning as a place of importance, no doubt, to its Abbey, or Minster, already mentioned.
Hace 3 días · The idea quickly caught on, and by the 1870s, the British public was buying 11.5 million Christmas cards per year, according to data from the Greeting Card Association. Christmas shopping also took off in the Victorian era, as department stores and magazines began to promote gift-giving as an integral part of the holiday.
