Victorian England

DHS Library Databases

ABC Clio World History
Student Resource Center
World Book Encyclopedia


WarriorCat (DHS Library Catalog)


General

Encyclopedia of British History
Spartacus Educational
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Britain.html

Victorian Web
Brown University
www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/
victorian/

UK Index
The National Archives
Learning Curve
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/
index.htm#b1750

Victorian Britain
The National Archives
Learning Curve
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/
victorianbritain/intro/default.htm

What the Victorians Did For Us
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/
victorians/victorians.shtml#welf

The Victorian Dictionary
www.victorianlondon.org/

British History: Victorian England
Academic Info
www.academicinfo.net/
histukvictorian.html

Queen Victoria’s Empire
PBS
pbs.org/empires/victorie/
history/index.html

History Trail Victorian Britain
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/
victorian_britainlj/preview.shtml

Historical Map of Victorian England Interactive online historical map of London in 1857
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA
www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/
1859map/map1859a.html

The Local History of Powrys
Powrys Digital History Project
history.powys.org.uk/history/
intro/themes.html

Rich and the Poor
 
Beneath the Surface: A Country
of Two Nations

BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_
culture/welfare/bsurface_01.shtml

Victorian Room Panorama
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/multimedia_
zone/virtual_tours/geff_victorian.shtml

Victorian Homes-Was there much
difference between the rich and
poor homes?

The National Archives Learning Curve
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/
snapshot14/snapshot14.htm

Down and Out in Victorian London
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/
olivertwist/ei_downandout.html

Charles Booth and the Survey
into Life and Labor in London
1886-1903

London School of Economics and Political Science
booth.lse.ac.uk/

How Did the Victorians Have Fun?
The National Archives Learning Curve
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/
snapshot05/snapshot5.htm


Women and Children

Child Labour
Spartacus Educational
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
IRchild.htm

Ideals of Womanhood in
Victorian Britain

BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/
welfare/idealwomen_01.shtml

 

Dickens

Who Was Charles Dickens?
PBS

www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/
olivertwist/ei_whowasdickens.html

Dickens
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/dickens/


Theater

Victorian Web: Music, Theater,
and Popular Entertainment in
Victorian Britain
George P. Landow, Professor of
English and Art History,
Brown University
http://www.victorianweb.org/
mt/mtov.html


Interactive and Video

Great Victorian Achievements
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/
victorian_achievements/index.shtml

Women's Rights Game
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/
victorian_women/index.shtml

Survive Dickens' London
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
dickens/survive.shtml

"Manor House" - Life in
Edwardian England

PBS
www.pbs.org/manorhouse/
theproject/index.html

Oliver's London
PBS
www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/
olivertwist/olivers_london.html

A Great Nation
The National Archives
Learning Curve
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/
victorianbritain/great/default.htm

Dickens Aloud
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/dickens/
outloud.shtml

Deerfield High School Library Dept.
March 2004