A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?
Author | : Boyd Hilton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 2008-06-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199218912 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199218919 |
Rating | : 4/5 (919 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? written by Boyd Hilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty and disease, elite members of society lived in fear of revolt. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in society between 1783-1846 and the transformations from raffish and rakish behaviour to the new norms of Victorian respectability.