| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 418 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-404) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Exhibitions -- Great Britain -- History.
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Exhibitions -- India -- History.
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Exhibitions -- Australia -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoffenberg, Peter H., 1960- Empire on display. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520218914 (DLC) 00059003 |
| ISBN |
9780520922969 (electronic bk.) |
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0520922964 (electronic bk.) |
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0585394695 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585394695 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520218918 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0520218914 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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