[Content Updated March 2013]Compiled from lectures and blog posts on Edwardian Promenade, the Pocket Guide to Edwardian England poses to give a fun, frothy, but thorough look at the time period made popular by Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs!The Edwardian Era is known as the last hurrah of the ruling elite, of a time where decadence and luxury sat cheek by jowl with the grinding poverty and disenfranchisement of the poor. Yet, when we wipe away the glitter and the smut, this epoch reveals itself to be so much more than issues of the wealthy versus the underprivileged-what we see is a time of great socio-political change, where gradually, the ideologies many held dear were flipped on their head, where women fought for their rights, nations seethed against the bonds of imperialism, and technological advances created the true era of globalization.