• Published by Gale

Consisting of more than 600 titles selected by leading academics in 23 subject areas, 19th Century U.K. Periodicals is an invaluable resource for the study of English life in the 19th century – from art to business, and from children to politics. Most of the materials in this collection have never been reissued, in any format, since their original publication

Future Series:

• Culture: Literature, Visual and Performing Arts
• Working Life
• Knowledge

Part 1 -- Women and Children, Sports and Leisure, Humour and Satire

• The political spectrum of women's writing, offering important evidence of women's changing status in the 1800s
• Satirical and comic titles, offering insight into what made people laugh during these times<
• The rapid increase of publications devoted to children's entertainment and education
• This first series also demonstrates the explosion in popular sports and hobbies, from gardening and horse racing to cricket, cycling and golf.

Features include:

• Major new series during a time of revolutionary change and expansion in the 19th century world
• Wide variety of periodicals from topics such as politics, the rural life, children's literature, leisure and humor
• Our first color digital archive
• Cross-disciplinary in approach
• New imaging sourced from multiple libraries worldwide

Part 2 -- Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary and Colonial
The expansion of Empire was a pervading influence within 19th century British history. This series includes titles from India, Canada, South and East Africa, Australia and New Zealand alongside British titles, and covers both the economic and non-mercantile aspects of British expansionism.

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• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)

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