The Victorian World

With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the political history, history of ideas, cultural history, art history, this volume, in the successful Routledge Worlds series, offers a sweeping survey of the world in the 19thcentury. With essays from leading historians, art historians, literary scholars, sociologists, political scientists, historical geographers, and academics working in cultural studies, this multi-disciplinary volume takes a global approach to the Victorian period, ensuring that the perspective of the volume is not solely metropolitan, but understands the Victorianism of the period from multiple positions, social and spatial as well as disciplinary. Divided into seven thematic sections, the volume starts with an introductory, context setting, historiographical section on mapping and milestones “ grounding the themes that follow. It then moves on to consider the world order, the economy, politics high and low, knowledge and belief culture and Victorianism around the world. Lavishly illustrated, vivid and accessible this volume is invaluable reading for all students and scholars of the 19thcentury.