In Hard Times: Reformers Among the Late Victorians

Herman Ausubel

Published by Columbia University Press 1960

In Hard Times

Reformers Among the Late Victorians

Herman Ausubel

https://doi.org/10.7312/ausu91532

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Describes the history of the late Victorian reformers who advocated temperance, educational reorganization, social welfare legislation, land reform, socialism, bimetallism, tax and tariff revision, imperial reconstruction, Irish home rule, and other causes, and how this rise of reformers was influenced by the contemporary economic troubles in England.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. 1688–1788–1888 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. The Long Trial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
III. The New Masters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
IV. The Unpeaceful Countryside Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
V. Doing Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
VI. Abiding Influences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
VII. Writers Protest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
VIII. Fighting Ecclesiastics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
IX. Politicians under Pressure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
X. Scrapping the Old Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
XI. The Failure of a Campaign Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
XII. Schemes Everywhere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
XIII. Schools as Weapons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
XIV. A Faith in Doubt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
XV. Other Englands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
XVI. In the Time of the Imperialists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
XVII. The Other Island Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
XVIII. The Heyday of the Land Agitation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
XIX. No Parliament in Dublin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
XX. Contentious Men Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
XXI. After the Victorians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Bibliography of Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1960
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 404

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231884198