'A Middle Class Cut into Two': Historiography and Victorian National Character

@article{Goodlad2000AMC,
  title={'A Middle Class Cut into Two': Historiography and Victorian National Character},
  author={Lauren M. E. Goodlad},
  journal={ELH},
  year={2000},
  volume={67},
  pages={143 - 178}
}
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