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The Great Exhibition of 1851 : a nation on display / Jeffrey A. Auerbach.

By: Auerbach, Jeffrey A
Language: English Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1999Description: viii, 279 pages : illustrations (color and black and white) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300080077Subject(s): Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | Exhibitions -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
Contents:
Pt. I. Making -- 1. Origins : conceiving the exhibition -- 2. Obstacles : planning the exhibition -- 3. Organization : selling the exhibition -- pt. II. Meaning -- 4. Commerce and culture -- 5. Integration and segregation -- 6. Nationalism and internationalism -- pt. III. Memory -- 7. Palace of the people -- 8. Legacy and nostalgia.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Bc.2.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PD10010072
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves MC 2.1 A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 2808-2001
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [260]-273) and index.

Pt. I. Making -- 1. Origins : conceiving the exhibition -- 2. Obstacles : planning the exhibition -- 3. Organization : selling the exhibition -- pt. II. Meaning -- 4. Commerce and culture -- 5. Integration and segregation -- 6. Nationalism and internationalism -- pt. III. Memory -- 7. Palace of the people -- 8. Legacy and nostalgia.