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02697aam a2200361 i 4500 001 22369D2A673311EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231010010145 008 210706r20222013nyua b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1643139177 020 $a 9781643139173 035 $a (OCoLC)1259045854 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CPL $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 100 1 $a Heffer, Simon, $e author. 245 10 $a High minds : $b the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain / $c Simon Heffer. 246 30 $a High minds 246 30 $a Victorians and the birth of modern Britain 250 $a First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 264 1 $a New York ; $b Pegasus Books, $c 2022. 300 $a xvii, 878 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Reprint. Originally published: London : Random House, 2013. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 821-856) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: Dr. Arnold of Rugby -- part I. The condition of England: The angry forties : agitation and riot ; Noblesse oblige : politics and the aristocracy ; The ascent of the bourgeosie : radicalism and the end of the corn laws ; Chartism : the rise of working class politics -- part II. The Victorian mind. The Godly mind : national apostasy and the Victorian church ; The doubting mind : struggles in the sea of faith ; The rational mind : intellectuals and the growth of secularism ; The political mind : high principle and low ambition ; The progressive mind : the great exhibition and its legacy ; The heroic mind : Albert and the cult of the great man -- part III. The transformation of Britain: The leap in the dark : reform and the coming of democracy ; Broadening minds : the battle for education ; The end of privilege : inventing the meritocracy ; The rights of women : divorce, the vote and education -- part IV. The birth of the modern: The pursuit of perfection : Victorian intellectuals and the new Britain ; Doing good : philanthropists and the humane impulse ; The way we live now : the creation of the Victorian city ; A glimpse of the Gothic : founding a national style ; The reforming mind : Parliament and the advance of civilisation -- Epilogue. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Civilization $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social life and customs $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Victoria, 1837-1901. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 1837-1901. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=22369D2A673311EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search