Victorian
By Atlas MeyersAn Inquiry into the Mechanical, Moral, and Psychological Architectures of the Nineteenth CenturyAbout this book
Summary
The modern world was not born; it was engineered. Move beyond the clichés of top hats and fog. VICTORIAN offers a lucid, structural analysis of the era that invented the rhythm of our lives. This volume explores the violent collision between ancient faith and the industrial machine, revealing how the nineteenth century created the anxieties that still plague us today. Inside, you will discover: How the railway destroyed local time and imposed the tyranny of the clock. The psychological trauma caused by Darwin and the discovery of Deep Time. How the "Angel in the House" and the rigid class system acted as a fortress against chaos. The birth of consumer culture, the Crystal Palace, and the engineering of the modern city. VICTORIAN is a primer on the moment humanity traded nature for the machine. Understand the past to decode the present.Book information
Rating
★★★★ (4.5) (2)
Genre
History, Technology
Length
1 hr 30 mins
Publish date
Dec 12, 2025
Language
English
About the Author
Atlas Meyers
Table of Contents
1Introduction
6Chapter 5: The Middle-Class Home and Gender Roles
2Chapter 1: The Standardization of Time
7Chapter 6: Respectability, Privacy, and Social Stratification
3Chapter 2: Steam Power and the Networked Nation
8Chapter 7: The Great Exhibition and Consumer Culture
4Chapter 3: Deep Time and Evolutionary Theory
9Chapter 8: Urbanization, Sanitation, and Public Health
5Chapter 4: Classification and the Obsession with Order
10Chapter 9: The Victorian Inheritance
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