| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Series |
Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ; v. 16
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Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; 1. Spectacle om Leicester Square; 2. Fetes, Bazaars and Conversaziones; 3. The Afterlife of Freak Shows; 4. Beyond Scientific Spectacle; 5. Daniel William Cahill and the Rhetorical Geography of Science and Religion; 6. Narrativizing 'The World's Show'; 7. The Talking Fish; 8. Representation, Race and the Zoological Real in the Great Gorilla Controversy of 1861; 9. On Wonder; 10. Meeting the Zulus; 11. Unwrapping the Past; 12. 'The Wandering Friend'; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Victorian culture was characterized by a proliferation of shows and exhibitions. These were encouraged by the development of new sciences and technologies, together with changes in transportation, education and leisure patterns. The essays in this collection look at exhibitions and their influence in terms of location, technology and ideology. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Exhibitions -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Science -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Science -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions -- History -- 19th century.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects. |
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Exhibitions. |
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Science. |
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Plunkett, John.
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Sullivan, Jill A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kember, Joe. Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910. London : Pickering & Chatto Publishers, ©2012 9781848933064 |
| ISBN |
9781848933071 (electronic bk.) |
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184893307X (electronic bk.) |
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9781848933064 (electronic bk.) |
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1848933061 (electronic bk.) |
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