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The Ritual Culture of Victorian Professionals : Competing for Ceremonial Status, 1838-1877.
Focusing on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Pionke's book historicizes the relationship of ritual, class and public status in Victorian England. Through analysis of magazines, court cases, law books, manuals and works by authors that include William Makepeace Thackeray, Thomas Hug...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Citations; Introduction; 1 Education as a Rite of Privilege: Oxbridge Preprofessionalism; 2 Swearing Your Way to Sacred Status: Oath Taking in Professional Creation Ceremonies; 3 Litigious Prestige: Rituals of Law as Fact and Fiction; 4 Rituals of Election: Contesting Parliamentary Authority; 5 A Ritual Failure: The Eglinton Tournament in Context; Epilogue: Learning Professionalism for Today; Bibliography.