victorian history
Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this topic, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the other keywords to see resources sorted by alternative topics.
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British Library Victorian Britain site |
Discover historical sources and articles written by experts that reveal the everyday reality of living in Victorian Britain. The Victorian period... |
Victorian, Victorian Culture, victorian history | view | |
A French cartoon satirising the supposed duplicity of British interests in Africa, from 1898. (my photo) |
Queen Victoria, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history, Scramble for Africa | view | ||
A punch cartoon from 1849 illustrating the hidden realities of contemporary sweat shops. (Author's Photo) |
Victorian Culture, Victorian England, Queen Victoria, 19th century, victorian history | view | ||
'The Shadow of a Great City', cartoon from People magazine, 1902, reflecting popular fear of urban crime, in the immediate aftermath of the... |
Victorian England, Victorian Culture, victorian history, satire, cartoons, Crime | view | ||
Kipling & the Anglo-Indian Experience |
Extracts from 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', Kipling's classic story of the divided and sometimes traumatized identity of British children born in India... |
Queen Victoria, victorian history, 19th century, Victorian Culture, kipling | view | |
Domesticity & Leisure - some key themes |
Some Key Themes from this unit |
Nineteenth century, Victorian England, Victorian Culture, victorian history, 19th century | view | |
PRB art & commerce |
A brief look at the issue of art and commerce and the surrounding tensions within the PRB |
19th century, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history, PRB | view | |
Victoria and her Prime Ministers |
Brief extracts from the Queen's diaries, commenting on her relationship with key Prime Ministers |
Nineteenth century, Queen Victoria, victorian history, disraeli, gladstone, Victorian England | view | |
Politics & class Key Themes |
Some key themes from week 3 of the course |
19th century, Queen Victoria, Victorian Culture, Victorian England, victorian history | view | |
Jack the Ripper |
The first of the so-called Ripper letters to be received by the police |
Victorian England, victorian history, Victorian Culture, Nineteenth century, Crime, Jack the Ripper | view |