The Great Exhibition, 1851 : A Sourcebook Paperback / softback
Edited by Jonathon Shears
Part of the Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Great Exhibition, 1851 is the first anthology of its kind.
It presents a comprehensive array of carefully selected primary documents, sourced from the period before, during and after the Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851.
Drawing on contemporary newspapers and periodicals, the archives of the Royal Commission, diaries, journals, celebratory poems and essays, the book provides an unparalleled resource for teachers and students of the Exhibition and a starting point for researchers new to the subject.
Subdivided into six chapters – 'Origins and organisation', 'Display', 'Nation, empire and ethnicity', 'Gender', 'Class' and 'Afterlives' – it represents the current scholarly debates about the Exhibition, orientating readers with helpful, critically informed introductions.
What was the Great Exhibition and what did it mean? Readers of The Great Exhibition, 1851 will take great pleasure in finding out. -- .
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:23/05/2017
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- ISBN:9780719099137
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:23/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780719099137
