The Great Exhibition, 1851: A sourcebook (Interventions Rethinking the Nineteenth Century)

Shears, Jonathon

ISBN 10: 0719099137 / ISBN 13: 9780719099137

Published by Manchester University Press, 2017

About this Item

An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2017. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Exhibition, 1851: A sourcebook (Interventions Rethinking the Nineteenth Century)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719099137
• ISBN 13: 9780719099137
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jonathon Shears is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at Aberystwyth University