Drawing heavily on the recollections and literature of the people themselves, Harrison places late Victorian Britain firmly in its social and political context.
Part 1 The Victorian Achievement; Chapter 1 Progress and Poverty; Part 2 Social Structure; Chapter 2 The Elite; Chapter 3 Comfortable England; Chapter 4 Labouring Life; Part 3 Perceptions and Values; Chapter 5 Certainties; Chapter 6 Doubts and Anxieties; Part 4 Processes of Change; Chapter 7 England Arise!; Chapter 8 The Woman Question; Chapter 9 The Condition of the People; Part 5 Epilogue; Chapter 10 The End of Equipoise;
