Re: 50 Book Challenge 2008

The Victorians: A World Built to Last, ed. By George Perry and Nicholas 
Mason.  Viking Press, 1974



Broad but not deep, this book gives a very brief overview of the Victorian

era. The advances in technology, the politics of the time, the military
and 
the changes in lifestyle-especially the creation of leisure time for the 
lower cl*****- are covered lightly. *** and fa****on, the theater, the
press, 
the artists, the ***ual double standard - the images most people think of 
when they think of the Victorian era are the heart of the book. It ends
with 
a look how the celebration of Christmas changed in Victorian times,
becoming 
the huge production that we know today. Many period illustrations and 
photos; recommended if you need a quick, broad look at the time.




-- 
Laurie Brown, Dark Phoenix
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"To destroy the Western tradition of independent thought, it is not 
necessary to burn books. All we have to do is leave them unread for a
couple 
of generations."
--Robert Maynard Hutchens.