The Victorian vision : inventing new Britain / edited by John M. MacKenzie
London : V & A Publications, 2001. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412195
ISBN: 1851773274
Physical description; 360 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Published to accompany the exhibition 'Inventing new Britain: the Victorian vision', held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, April-July 2001. Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-357) and index. Contents; Royal patronage and influence / Delia Millar -- Home and leisure / John K. Walton -- Small adults : education and the life of children / Anthony Burton -- Votes for women and chastity for men : gender, health, medicine and sexuality / Jan Marsh -- Religion and doubt / Suzanne Fagence Cooper and Paul Atterbury -- Steam and speed : industry, transport and communications / Paul Atterbury -- Inventing a new design technology : building and engineering / Robert Thorne -- Technology, tradition and the dilemmas of design / Suzanne Fagence Cooper -- Images and impressions : printing, reproduction and photography / James Ryan -- Empire and the global gaze / John M. MacKenzie -- The art and industry of Mammon : international exhibitions, 1851-1901 / Paul Greenhalgh -- The natural world / Harriet Ritvo -- Art and design : East Asia / Anna Jackson -- Imperial visions : responses to India and Africa in Victorian art and design / Tim Barringer -- The world of art and design : white colonials / Jonathan Sweet. Subjects; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England) ; Exhibitions. 1800-1901. Civilization. Manners and customs. Art, Modern 19th century History. Inventions Great Britain History 19th century. Arts, Victorian. Technology Social aspects Great Britain 19th century. Material culture Great Britain History 19th century.
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