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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Great Exhibition"”.
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Islam ex situ: The 'Othering' of the Ottoman at and after the great exhibition, 1851-1901
… ordered, exhibited, and interpreted at the Great Exhibition. The Sublime Porte sent 3380 articles to be exhibited at the Crystal Palace. I examine what messaging their classification and exhibition gave to Anglo-Christian audiences regarding Islam and ‘the Turk’—both a religious and racial …
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Women and trousers : being a work on dual garnitures and a case study of the bifurcated movement in nineteenth-century clothing for women in North America
… Palace, a glass structure designed for the Great Exhibition of the Industries of All Nations of 1851 in London, England. Contrary to many modern accounts, archival evidence shows that once the concept of a trousered costume for women was introduced in North America, "...women all over the …
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Sir Stafford Northcote: A Political Study to 1874
… old Navigation Acts in 1849; in organizing the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair; in promoting schools for destitute children; in the rescue of European hostages in Abyssinia (and the care of that fallen emperor's orphaned son); in the transformation of the Hudson's Bay Company …
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Universal Expositions of the Second Empire: A Study in Art and Politics (Volumes I and II)
… the significance of these first international exhibitions of contemporary art, presented in the context of Industry and Commerce. It treats in depth the painting of France, England, Belgium, and Germany, and the fate of history, genre, and landscape painting during this period. It also examines …
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A New Narrative of Historical Styles in Nineteenth-Century Britain
… educators, in particular those involved in the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the South Kensington project; the art press, as embodied by *The Art-Journal*; manufacturers and artisans; and finally, the ‘silent majority’ of the consuming public. Subsequent chapters present a kaleidoscopic view of …
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Observation, Surveillance, Voyeurism, and the Making of the Middle Class in Victorian England
… the middle class fears—we are able to elicit a greater understanding of how middle-class identity is formed, shared, and performed during the early- and mid-nineteenth century.