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This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. It contains a series of critical readings of the official and popular historical record of the Exhibition.

Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of /5(1). Although the actual exhibits are dealt with in fairly cursory fashion, this book is much more revealing of what the Great Exhibition says of the time and people which created it, an area so often neglected by those who focus on exhibits like Pugin's Mediaeval Court by: 8.

Yale University Press, - History - pages 1 Review 'The Great Exhibition of ', held in London’s spectacular Crystal Palace, was the first world’s fair and the first industrial 5/5(1).

An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition, A Sourcebook 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   Guide-book to the Industrial exhibition Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.

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At head of title: By authority of the Royal commission. The Great Exhibition of ran from May to October and during this time six million people passed through those crystal doors.

The event proved to be the most successful ever staged and became one of the defining points of the nineteenth century. Not only was the event self-financing. Queen Victoria opened the exhibition on May 1, According to the Royal Collection Trust, she described the day as "one of the greatest and most glorious of our lives, and which to my pride and Occupation: Senior Digital News Editor.

Britain, the Empire, and the World at the Great Exhibition is the first book to situate the Crystal Palace Exhibition of in a truly global context.

Description The Great Exhibition, 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 Appears in 10 books from Page 6 - It affords much gratification that, notwithstanding the magnitude of this undertaking, and the great distances from which many of the articles now exhibited have had to be collected, the day on which Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to be present at the inauguration of the Exhibition is the Reviews: 2.

Out of Print The Great Exhibition ofheld in London’s spectacular Crystal Palace, was the first world’s fair and the first industrial exhibition. Buy The Great Exhibition of A Nation on Display 1st by Auerbach, Jeffrey (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible s: 3. The Great Exhibition Article by: Liza Picard The Great Exhibition, housed within the ‘Crystal Palace’, embodied Prince Albert’s vision to display the wonders of industry from around the world.

Liza Picard looks at the exhibits, the building and the ideas behind the project. The Great Exhibition of has become a touchstone for the nineteenth century.

The Crystal Palace produced a commodity world, an imperial spectacle, a picture of capitalism, a liberal dream, a vision of modern life. Historians have saturated the Great Exhibition with meanings. The Great Exhibition, 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   It argues persuasively, that the Great Exhibition was given a multiplicity of meanings; both by its organisers, as a way of achieving support for the event, as well as by its audience.

The Great Exhibition's success - it becomes clear - owed in part to the great conversation that it caused. In this respect, Auerbach's book is helpful. The Great Exhibition, A sourcebook. In this Book. Additional Information. The Great Exhibition, A sourcebook; Jonathon Shears ; Book; Published by: Manchester University Press; View contents.

View Citation; summary. An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition. Table of Contents. Cover;Author: Jonathon Shears. Get this from a library.

The great exhibition of [Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith; Victoria and Albert Museum.]. Book: All Authors / Contributors: Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith; Victoria and Albert Museum. Find more information about: ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: At head of title: Victoria & Albert Museum.

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This large antique dressing case is veneered in Kingwood, retaining its original vibrant colour and finish.About the Author Jonathan Shears is Senior Lecturer at Keele University It presents a comprehensive array of carefully selected primary documents, sourced from the period before, during and after the Exhibition in Hyde Park in The Great Exhibition, A sourcebook is .