An Analysis of ASA Briggs "Victorian People"

An Analysis of ASA Briggs Victorian People
Victorian People, by ASA Briggs, tells a unique story about the mid- Victorian period of England from 1851 to 1867 and is very successful in showing unity among it's people, their thoughts and ideas. The period begins with the Great Exhibition of 1851 and ends with the second reform Bill of 1867. The period from 1851 to 1867 is considered the period of high Victorian England. The social balance produced a distinctive civilization of its own. ASA Briggs used a study of selected people of 1850's and 1860's to try to discover the unity of society…