Liberty and Authority in Victorian BritainPeter Mandler OUP Oxford, 20. juuli 2006 - 268 pages Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book explores the truth of that assumption and what it might mean. It considers what the Victorian State did or did not do, what were the prevailing definitions and practices of 'liberty', what other sources of discipline and authority existed beyond the State to structure people'slives - in sum, what were the broad conditions under which such a profound belief in 'liberty' could flourish, and a complex society be run on those principles. Contributors include leading scholars in British political, social and cultural history, so that 'liberty' is seen in the round, not justas a set of ideas or of political slogans, but also as a public and private philosophy that structured everyday life. Consideration is also given to the full range of British subjects in the nineteenth century - men, women, people of all classes, from all parts of the British Isles - and to placing the British experience in a global and comparative perspective. |
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... building . The apotheosis of the Benthamites came in 1952 with S. E. Finer's magnificent biography of Edwin Chadwick , portrayed here as the central inspiration of factory regulation , the modernization of the poor law system ( itself ...
... building . The apotheosis of the Benthamites came in 1952 with S. E. Finer's magnificent biography of Edwin Chadwick , portrayed here as the central inspiration of factory regulation , the modernization of the poor law system ( itself ...
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... build an effective national political community and to develop the right virtues in the nation , rather than a ... building national character could in other circumstances encourage and justify State action . The extension of the ...
... build an effective national political community and to develop the right virtues in the nation , rather than a ... building national character could in other circumstances encourage and justify State action . The extension of the ...
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... building standards ) , and ultimately to provide accommodation - in London through the building programme of the London County Council . However , it was the free market which continued to provide the great majority of accommodation ...
... building standards ) , and ultimately to provide accommodation - in London through the building programme of the London County Council . However , it was the free market which continued to provide the great majority of accommodation ...
Contents
The Powers of the Victorian State | 25 |
The Victorian State in Comparative Perspective | 51 |
Liberalism and Liberty | 71 |
Copyright | |
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