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Author:   Louise Purbrick ,  Susan Williams ,  John Whale ,  Susan Williams
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780719055928

ISBN 10:   071905592
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 September 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Louise Purbrick 1. The accumulation of knowledge or, William Whewell's eye - Steve Edwards 2. An industrial vision: the promotion of technical drawing in mid-Victorian Britain - Rafael Cardoso Denis 3. Entrepreneurship and the artisans: John Cassell, the Great Exhibition and the periodical idea - Brian Maidment 4. An appropriated space: the Great Exhibition, the Crystal Palace and the working class - Peter Gurney 5. Narrating the subcontinent in 1851: India at the Crystal Palace - Lara Kriegel 6. Thackeray and Punch at the Great Exhibition: authority and ambivalence in verbal and visual caricatures - Richard Pearson Notes on contributors Select bibliography Index

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Louise Purbrick is Lecturer in Design History at the University of Brighton

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