John Stuart Mill : Victorian firebrand / Richard Reeves.
| Author/creator | Reeves, Richard |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Pbk. ed. |
| Publication Info | London : Atlantic Books, ©2007. |
| Description | 616 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | An unusual and remarkable education (1806-20) -- A man among men (1820-6) -- Strange confusion (1826-30) -- This imperfect companionship (1830-6) -- Laid hold of by wolves : conservative influences -- Independence (1836-42) -- Eminence (1843-7) -- French revolutionary (1848) -- A dismal science? (1848-52) -- A seven-year blessing (1852-8) -- On liberty (1859) -- To hell I will go (1859-65) -- A short, bad parliament (1865-8) -- The father of feminism -- Final years (1868-73). |
| Abstract | A young activist and highly-educated Cambridge Union debater, Mill would become the highest-ranked English thinker of the nineteenth century, the author of the landmark essay "On Liberty" and one of the most passionate reformers and advocates of his revolutionary, opinionated age. As a journalist he fired off a weekly article on Irish land reform as the people of that nation starved, as an MP he introduced the first vote on women's suffrage, fought to preserve free-speech and opposed slavery, and, in his private life, pursued for two decades a love affair with another man's wife. Exploring Mill's life and work in tandem, this is the biography of a man raised to promote happiness, whose life was spent in the pursuit of truth and liberty for all. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-593) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9781843546443 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1843546442 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B1606 .R44 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |