The Resource Year in the life of Victorian Britain
Year in the life of Victorian Britain
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The item Year in the life of Victorian Britain represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Year in the life of Victorian Britain represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Includes an event or diary entry for every day in the year, drawn from the whole of Victoria's reign. Some of these moments record history in the making, others are memorable because they describe things that seemed incidental at the time, but are brought to life by the intimate insight they provide into Victorian lives. Extracts include: 1 Jan (1881), the first postal orders were issued (1881) February 26 (1852), the Birkenhead is wrecked off Simon's Bay, South Africa, and about 600 troops go down, drawn up in perfect order on the decks 21 May (1894), the Manchester Ship Canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria 4 Sept (1854), passengers start a weekly newsletter aboard SS Great Britain as she sails from Australia to England 25 October (1854), the charge of the Light Brigade.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 318 pages,16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Contents
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- Author's note
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Acknowledgements
- Isbn
- 9781445644691
- Label
- Year in the life of Victorian Britain
- Title
- Year in the life of Victorian Britain
- Subject
-
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
- History
- 1800 - 1901
- Sources
- Manners and customs
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Includes an event or diary entry for every day in the year, drawn from the whole of Victoria's reign. Some of these moments record history in the making, others are memorable because they describe things that seemed incidental at the time, but are brought to life by the intimate insight they provide into Victorian lives. Extracts include: 1 Jan (1881), the first postal orders were issued (1881) February 26 (1852), the Birkenhead is wrecked off Simon's Bay, South Africa, and about 600 troops go down, drawn up in perfect order on the decks 21 May (1894), the Manchester Ship Canal is officially opened by Queen Victoria 4 Sept (1854), passengers start a weekly newsletter aboard SS Great Britain as she sails from Australia to England 25 October (1854), the charge of the Light Brigade.
- Assigning source
- --Amazon.com
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Trotman, Felicity,
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Manners and customs
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- Year in the life of Victorian Britain
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Acknowledgements
- Control code
- 911171757
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 318 pages,16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781445644691
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911171757
- Label
- Year in the life of Victorian Britain
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Acknowledgements
- Control code
- 911171757
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 318 pages,16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781445644691
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911171757
Subject
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
- History
- 1800 - 1901
- Sources
- Manners and customs
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources
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