Vice and the Victorians

Vice and the Victorians /

"Vice and the Victorians explores the ways the Victorian world gave meanings to the word 'vice', and the role this complex notion played in shaping society. Mike Huggins provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of a term that, despite its vital importance to the Victorians, ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huggins, Mike
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Subjects:
1800-1901
Alcoholism > Great Britain > History.
Vice control > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Vice control.
Manners and customs.
Alcoholism.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Connect to this title online
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The problem of vice
  • The cultural geography of vice
  • The demon drink
  • The betting evil
  • Sexual vices
  • Fighting the good fight
  • Respectability
  • Epilogue
  • Suggestions for further reading.

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