Table of Contents
PREFACE
PART I. THE TWO NATIONS
PUNCH AND THE PEOPLE
CHARTISM
MACHINERY AND MONEY-MAKING
EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY
FROM PEACE TO WAR
LONDON IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY
PART II. THE SOCIAL FABRIC
THE COURT
THE OLD NOBILITY
SOCIETY—EXCLUSIVE, GENTEEL, AND SHABBY GENTEEL
THE LIBERAL PROFESSIONS
WOMEN IN THE 'FORTIES AND 'FIFTIES
FASHION IN DRESS
THE DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC, AND THE FINE ARTS
PERSONALITIES
