Solving Literacy Mysteries - WRIT 141 - O'Brien

Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years. During this long reign, the country acquired unprecedented power and wealth. Britain’s reach extended across the globe because of its empire, political stability, and revolutionary developments in transport and communication. Many of the intellectual and cultural achievements of this period are still with us today.

Overview: Victorian Britain 1837 - 1901, Major Events of Victoria's Reign, Britain's Industrial Revolution, Victorian Technology and Innovation, Daily Life in Victorian Britain

Primary and secondary texts (including scholarly book reviews) in British Victorian economics, literature, philosophy, political and social history, science, technology, and visual arts (painting, architecture, sculpture, book design and illustration, photography, decorative arts, including ceramics, furniture, jewelry, metalwork, stained glass, and textiles, costume and various movements, such as Art Nouveau, Japonisme, and Arts and Crafts).

The Dictionary of Victorian London is a website created by Lee Jackson, which launched in 2001. The site contains several thousand pages of primary sources which reveal the social history of Victorian London, including nineteenth century journalism, diaries, social investigation, guidebooks, cartoons and much more