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Britain, the Empire, and the World at the Great Exhibition of 1851
238 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Britain, the Empire, and the World at the Great Exhibition is the first book to situate the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in a truly global context. Addressing national, imperial, and international themes, this collection of essays considers the significance of the Exhibition both for its British hosts and their relationships to the wider world, and for participants from around the globe. How... Read more
Part 1 England, Exhibitions and Empire; Chapter 1 Mission Impossible: Globalization and the Great Exhibition, Paul Young; Chapter 2 The World within the City: The Great Exhibition, Race, Class and Social Reform, Kylie Message, Ewan Johnston; Chapter 3 *A Visiting Fellowship at Yale Center for British Art enabled Louise Purbrick to carry out research on Ireland at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and she would like to thank the Center for its generous support and the staff for their help., Louise Purbrick; Chapter 4 ‘A Valuable and Tolerably Extensive Collection of Native and Other Products’: New Zealand at the Crystal Palace, Ewan Johnston; Chapter 5 ‘Nothing Very New or Very Showy to Exhibit’?: Australia at the Great Exhibition and After, Peter H Hoffenberg; Part 2 Europe, the Orient, and the Spaces in Between; Chapter 6 *Research for this essay was made possible by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship from the United States Department of Education, and grants from the Indiana University Russian and East European Studies Institute and Department of History., David C Fisher; Chapter 7 The Great Exhibition and the German States, John R Davis; Chapter 8 Modern to Ancient: Greece at the Great Exhibition and the Crystal Palace, Debbie Challis; Chapter 9 Degrees of Otherness: The Ottoman Empire and China at the Great Exhibition of 1851, Francesca Vanke;
Biography
Peter H. Hoffenberg is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, USA. Jeffrey A. Auerbach is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Northridge, USA.
’...this book is an impressive addition to the scholarship on the Crystal Palace and Victorian England... a volume that merits notice from scholars working in multiple fields, ranging from the arts to public diplomacy.... scholarship that is solid and innovative.’ Journal of Global History 'Altogether this is a valuable and interesting collection of well-organised, well-edited articles on an important theme.' Australian Economic History Review '... the whole collection is an immensely valuable addition to the literature.' The Historian
