Himmelfarb, Gertrude.

Victorian minds / by Gertrude Himmelfarb. - Chicago : Elephant Paperbacks, 1995 c1968 - xiii, 392 p. ; 21 cm. - World History / Cultural Studies .

Originally published : New York: A. A. Knopf, 1968 "Elephant paperbacks."

"A study of intellectuals in crisis and ideologies in transition" T.p (cover)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Edmund Burke: The hero a politician -- The politician as philosopher-- The haunted house of Jeremy Bentham-- The specter of Malthus-- High Victorians: The other John Stuart Mill-- Lord acton: The historian as moralist-- Leslie Stephen: The Victorian as intellectual-- Walter Bagehot: A Common man with uncommon ideas-- James Anthony Froude: A Forgotten Worthy-- John Buchan: The last Victorian-- Victorian ideas and idelologies: The Victorian ethos: Before and after Victoria-- The Victorian Angst-- Varieties of Social Darwinism-- Politics and ideology: The reform act of 1867.

1566630770 (alk. paper) 9781566630771 (alk. paper)

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Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Gran Bretaņa--Vida intelectual--Siglo XIX
Gran Bretaņa--Historia--Victoria, 1837-1901

322 DA 533 / H658v 1995

941.081