The Victorian age

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The Victorian age The Victorian compromise Desire to avoid drawing extreme conclusions and attempt to reconcile opposite tendencies Materialism and economic interest Development of the industrial revolution.
Growing of the factory towns Overcrowding squalor Slums Hard working conditions Rise of the Socialism Ideas of respectability, propriety Church going Growth of the newspaper industry More weight to popular opinion The middle class was the most powerful Lower Shopkeepers Clerks … UPPER Industrialists bankers businessmen Great power because economy was in their hands Distinctive features Stern moralism ,restraint, sense of duty Male chauvinism Obsession with good manners The family was the most important institution hypocrisy Educative books .