- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Wayland; New edition edition (25 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750236035
- ISBN-13: 978-0750236034
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 14 x 0.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,683,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This title looks at all the significant individual's and events of the Victorian era: Shaftesbury, Owen, Fry; Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Great Exhibition; Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and the Crimean War; Stephenson, Brunel; Livingstone, Kingsley and world exploration; Bell and the telephone. It also looks at the changes to work and transport: the factory system and working life for men, women and children; the growth of industrial towns, ships and seafaring, rail travel, seaside holidays and entertainment; the impact of railways and the building of factories on the local area.
About the Author
Jane Goodwin read English at Swansea University and then pursued a career in education. She has been a teacher for 12 years and is interested in how children develop as literate members of the community.
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