Understanding the Victorians

Steinbach, Susie L.

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“…A leading symbol of imperial pride, power, and unity, the queen became the focus of mass-produced memorabilia and elaborate ceremonies designed to celebrate Britain's position in the world. 79 Of particular interest here is how the Salvation Army responded to the most ostentatious of these royal ceremonies -Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees. 80 The first of these regal milestones came in June of 1887, when Victoria celebrated her fiftieth year on the throne.…”

Section: The Salvation Army and Racial Otheringmentioning

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Religion in an Age of Empire: The Salvation Army and British Imperialism, 1878–1914

Eason¹

2021

Journal of Religious History

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Debates about the British Empire continue to rage, especially those concerned with its impact on domestic affairs during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The degree to which empire mattered to average Britons at home has tended to generate polarised responses from historians. Some have sought to downplay its overall significance, whereas others have been prone to argue that its effects on society were widespread. The present article speaks into this debate by examining one notable British organisation — the Salvation Army — which came into being in the second half of the nineteenth century. While a number of scholars have addressed the imperialist implications of Army work in the colonies, much less work has been done to scrutinise the empire's influence on Salvationists within Britain itself. Looking at three characteristics frequently associated with imperialist ideology — militarism, racial othering, and devotion to the monarchy — this article contends that the Salvation Army's relationship to the British Empire was remarkably dynamic and complex during the timeframe under review. Demonstrating that Salvationist thinking and practice could both help and hinder the aims of imperialism, it points to the need for more balanced and nuanced approaches to the study of the empire in the metropole.

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Section: The Salvation Army and Racial Otheringmentioning

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Religion in an Age of Empire: The Salvation Army and British Imperialism, 1878–1914

Eason¹

2021

Journal of Religious History

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“…A better educated public was more aware of legal issues and had an appetite for courtroom drama (in days which long pre-dated reality TV). "Victorian culture was awash with law" 24 .…”

Section: Legal Influences In Alicementioning

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The Raven, the Writing-Desk and the Reports: a Sesquicentennial Tale of Nonsense and Law Report Reform

Million¹

2015

Legal Information Management

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In the 150th anniversary year of both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the inception of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) this article by Alison Million considers any possible common contemporaneous connections between their authors. It makes particular reference to Lewis Carroll's legal associations and his fascination with the processes of law, considering to what extent these may have influenced Alice. In briefly reviewing ICLR history and the instigating factors behind reform it looks at the requisite skills needed finally to devise a successful scheme and any potential overlap between those and some of Lewis Carroll's many subject disciplines. The article concludes that just as the law helped shape Alice, so has Alice contributed to English case law by providing a descriptor for “perfect nonsense”.

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“…Studies of the Victorian era demonstrate the importance of social class and status in that period (e.g. Wilson 2002;Steinbach 2012;Heffer 2013). Heffer (2013, xiv) describes a time of 'rigid class distinctions, through which those with talent and good fortune could move if they applied themselves to the task of doing so'.…”

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‘A different army of the talented’: negative outliers in the rise of professionalism in Victorian public accountancy

Lee

2015

Accounting History Review

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Understanding the Victorians

Cited by 23 publications

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Religion in an Age of Empire: The Salvation Army and British Imperialism, 1878–1914

Religion in an Age of Empire: The Salvation Army and British Imperialism, 1878–1914

The Raven, the Writing-Desk and the Reports: a Sesquicentennial Tale of Nonsense and Law Report Reform

‘A different army of the talented’: negative outliers in the rise of professionalism in Victorian public accountancy

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