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Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals, Part I: Women's, Children's, Humour, and Leisure

This collection covers the impact of the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing on various groups in 19th-century Britain through a selection of publications aimed at and tailored to women and children.

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Part I covers the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain, drawn from the remarkable collections of the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Australia, and the National Library of South Africa. The series acts as a barometer of literacy and social mobility in the 1800s, with a particular focus on the rarely documented aspects of women, children, humor, and leisure activity in the Victorian age.

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Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals

Reading Level: 1301L—+

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This is an electronic resource worth investing in, and will be indispensable in research libraries' periodicals collections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.
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