Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast

by Alice Johnson

Book Overview

This book vividly reconstructs the social world of upper middle-class Belfast during the time of the city's greatest growth, between the 1830s and the 1880s. Using extensive primary material including personal correspondence, memoirs, diaries and newspapers, the author draws a rich portrait of Belfast society and explores both the public and inner lives of Victorian bourgeois families. Leading business families like the Corrys and the Workmans,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802076913
• ISBN13: 9781802076912
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 376 Pages