Martin Hewitt is Professor of History and Head of History, Politics and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture, and Secretary of the British Association for Victorian Studies from 2000 to 2010. He has written extensively on the culture of the nineteenth century city and on Victorian Studies as a field. His publications include An Age of Equipoise? Reassessing mid-Victorian Britain (2000), The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, 1858-61 (2000) and The Emergence of Stability in the Industrial City: Manchester 1832-67 (1996).

The Victorian World covers an impressive array of topics that range from citizenship to theatricality and from music to imperialism. Simultaneously interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, it features thought-provoking juxtapositions and gives us a Victorian age that is truly global. This book will become the go-to resource for students and experts alike. - Susie Steinbach, Hamline University, USA

• List of illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introduction: Victorian Milestones Martin Hewitt. Part 1: The World Order. Part 2: Economy and Society. Part 3: Politics. Part 4: Knowledge and Belief. Part 5: Culture. Part 6: Varieties of Victorian

Martin Hewitt is Professor of History and Head of History, Politics and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture, and Secretary of the British Association for Victorian Studies from 2000 to 2010. He has written extensively on the culture of the nineteenth century city and on Victorian Studies as a field. His publications include An Age of Equipoise? Reassessing mid-Victorian Britain (2000), The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, 1858-61 (2000) and The Emergence of Stability in the Industrial City: Manchester 1832-67 (1996).

The Victorian World covers an impressive array of topics that range from citizenship to theatricality and from music to imperialism. Simultaneously interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, it features thought-provoking juxtapositions and gives us a Victorian age that is truly global. This book will become the go-to resource for students and experts alike. - Susie Steinbach, Hamline University, USA

• List of illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introduction: Victorian Milestones Martin Hewitt. Part 1: The World Order. Part 2: Economy and Society. Part 3: Politics. Part 4: Knowledge and Belief. Part 5: Culture. Part 6: Varieties of Victorian