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An empire on display : English, Indian, and Australian exhibitions from the Crystal Palace to the Great War /
The exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which this book examines the economic, cultural, and social forces that helped define Britain and the Empire. It focuses on exhibitions in England, Australia, and India from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Empire.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Exhibitions and the new imperialism; 2. The exhibition wallahs; 3. Commissioners and the state; 4. Consumers, producers, and markets; 5. Terrae nullius?; 6. Machines-in-motion; 7. Imperial and national taxonomies; 8. The imperial pilgrims' progress; Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.