Subject: History, 19th Century (Keywords)

Simon Forty celebrates the major inventions and buildings of the period 1700-1860: a period when science and technology began to establish its role in modern life.

Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life.

Public health has long been a major concern in the United Kingdom's biggest cities, from efforts to control the spread of infection in the slum dwellings of Victorian England to mass vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic. We can trace the beginning of organised civic responsibilities for publi...

In 1848, Europe was engulfed in a firestorm of revolution. The streets of cities from Paris to Bucharest and from Berlin to Palermo were barricaded and flooded by armed insurgents proclaiming political liberties and national freedom. The conservative order which had held sway since the fall of Na...

Everyday life for women in the 19th century is examined in this book. It shows how they were expected to behave and what their futures might hold. Using contemporary sources it contrasts society's ideal view of women with the reality of their lives.

'19th Century Europe' offers a concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World War.

This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up some of the garments in the V&A's superlative 19th-century fashion collection.