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4 de ago. de 2017 · Queen Victoria presided over a time of industrial expansion, educational advances, the abolition of slavery and workers’ welfare. She reigned from 1837-1901. Queen Victoria was the matriarch of the British Empire. She epitomised the values of the era and carved out a new role for the monarchy. During her 63-year reign, a length surpassed only ...
9 de nov. de 2009 · Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for nearly 64 years, after ascending the throne just weeks after turning 18. ... Albert’s Death and Victoria’s Later Years.
12 de ene. de 2017 · An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire offers a provocative rewriting of Mrs. Ernest Ames' ABCs for Baby Patriots (1899). Whimsically illustrated for the nursery or primary school child, Ames' book demonstrates how deeply imperialism reached into popular culture during Victoria's reign.This book presents a rather darker view of Victoria's empire, beginning with the wars in Afghanistan and ending ...
Hace 6 días · Victoria (born May 24, 1819, Kensington Palace, London, England—died January 22, 1901, Osborne, near Cowes, Isle of Wight) was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the last of the house of Hanover and gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age.
The cumulative effect of the years increased rather than decreased the differences between the Queen's domestic and monarchical bodies. First, with the marriages of her children, Victoria's. family multiplied geometrically, threatening with its royal breadth to fulfill a. Malthusian vision of a micro-nation of the Queen's progeny.
23 de may. de 2006 · Product Description. This series offers an engaging portrait of the Queen who ruled over one-fifth of the world's population for 64 years, as well as influential figures who shaped British imperialism: Gladstone, Disraeli, Livingstone, Rhodes, and Prince Albert. Personal accounts, re-enactments, and cinematography from imperial outposts recount ...
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2001. S1.E2. Passage to India. A British commercial venture, The East India Company, controls a large part of the Indian continent. Initially a trading venture, it encroached into India's social life, ultimately leading to political and military conflict. Britain becomes embroiled in a war in Crimea, and, in India, mutiny against British rule ...
