The Poison Sky


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The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England


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Schlossberg (senior research associate, the Ethics and Public Policy Center) argues that by the time Victoria became queen in 1837, Victorian culture was already in place. Focusing on the period between the 1790s and the 1840s, he shows how the religious revival that took hold of England's culture constituted a "silent revolution" that formed the basis of Victorian culture. He describes various manifestations of the religious revival, focusing on the main renewal movements in the Church of England and the spread of evangelicalism to dissenting religious groups. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR










Great Events from History: Modern European Series: 1800-1899


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Short articles about people, discoveries, and writings: includes Columbus, Machiavelli, Luther, Sir Thomas More, Charles V, Nantes, Kepler, Vervins, Bacon, Adam Smith, Rousseau, Kant, Robespierre, Napoleon, Spanish Revolution, Corn Laws, Boer War, Balkan Wars, Dollfuss, Sartre, Berlin Airlift, Marshall Plan, etc.







Knowing Right From Wrong


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From Simon & Schuster, Knowing Right From Wrong is Richard Moran's look at the insanity defense of Daniel McNaughtan. In this examination of the precedent-setting case, Moran looks through an enlightened humanitarian lens of judgments passed on mentally ill defendants by judges and juries as a result of political climate and considerations.