Directory of Nineteenth Century Resources

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Resources in This Category

• Aspects of the Victorian book

  http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html
  Detail-rich site that provides insight into the production and publishing of books in Britain during the nineteenth century.

• Child Labour in the 19th Century

  http://spartacus-educational.com/IRchild.htm
  Categories include: Factory Reformers, Supporters of Child Labour, Life in the Factory, The Factory Workers, Tactics and Issues, and The Factory Acts

• Georgian Index

  http://www.georgianindex.net/fd/
  A survey of British and European culture in the early 19th century including: George IV, Princess Charlotte, The Crown Jewels of France and England, Napoleon's Carriage, the evolution of boxing, the tea table, period card games, the evolution of the thoroughbred, period fly-fishing, a growing selection of London addresses.

• John Leech Archive

  http://www.john-leech-archive.org.uk/
  Archive of Punch cartoons by John Leech 1841-1860, indexed by keywords, title and year.

• Smugglers' Britain

  http://www.smuggling.co.uk/
  British smuggling in the 18th and 19th centuries. Directions to smugglers' pubs, coves, caves and tunnels, together with the full, indexed text of a book on smuggling.

• Soldiers of the Queen

  http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/
  An online museum of Victorian-era British military photographs from the far corners of the empire.

• The British Way: Imperialism

  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/britway
  Explores how the British nation acquired and governed an empire greater in size than any in history and how the Victorians adapted to the idea of imperialism.

• The Peel Web

  http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/peelhome.htm
  Sir Robert Peel dominated parliament throughout the period 1830-50. Marjie Bloy covers many social, political and economic issues of the period.

• The Peterloo Massacre

  http://spartacus-educational.com/peterloo.html
  A detailed analysis of the events of St Peter's Field, Manchester on the 16th August, 1819. Eyewitness accounts and biographical details of 25 people who saw what happened that day.

• True Tales of War, Adventure and Exploration

  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/adventure/
  Stories of British adventurers and explorers.

• Victoria Research Web

  http://victorianresearch.org/
  Provides research resources for the study of all aspects of Victorian Britain.

• Victorian Life

  http://www.angelfire.com/ok/hoddies/victoriana.html
  Examines the plight of the working class and the poor under Victorianism.

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