English 439/539: Victorian London & Paris

A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture offers experienced guidance to the literature of nineteenth-century Britain and its social and historical context. Divided into five parts, this new companion surveys seven decades of history before examining the keys phases in a Victorian life, the leading professions and walks of life, the major Victorian literary genres, and the way Victorians defined their persons, their homes, and their national identities. Important topics such as sexuality, denominational faith, social class, and global empire inform each chapter's approach.

Incorporating a broad range of contemporary scholarship, "A History of Victorian Literature" presents an overview of the literature produced in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, with fresh consideration of both major figures and some of the era's less familiar authors. The book describes the development of the Victorian literary movement and places it within its cultural, social and political context.

An authoritative and extensive resource for British and Irish history  Quickly access basic information on the history of the British Isles. Provides concise information covering all periods of prehistory and history for every part of the British Isles, with summary accounts of events, biographies, definitions of terms, and far more. 

Volume III of The Oxford History of the British Empire covers the long nineteenth century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. It is divided into two parts. The first contains thematic chapters, some focusing on Britain, others on areas at the imperial periphery, exploring those fundamental dynamics of British expansion which made imperial influence and rule possible. Part 2 is devoted to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white settler and tropical colonies. Chapters examine how British interests and imperial rule shaped individual regions' nineteenth-century political and social-economic history.

Covers 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, through the "First" and "Second" British Empires and includes  the "Scramble for Africa," World War I, the Mandate System, Dominion status, World War II, nationalism, decolonization, and Commonwealth development.

5-volume set offering entries on all aspects of the 'long' 19th century.