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Fireside facts from the Great Exhibition: being an amusing series of object lessons on the food and clothing of all nations in the year 1851

Fireside facts from the Great Exhibition: being an amusing series of object lessons on the food and clothing of all nations in the year 1851

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Native American HistoryFashion & AccessoriesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353706882
ISBN13: 9789353706883
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Under the glass and iron of the victorian london crystal palace, the world put its everyday life on display. Victorian London comes alive here. Fireside Facts from the Great Exhibition gathers lively nineteenth century essays that turn exhibits into material culture lessons: what people ate, how they dressed, and what those choices signalled in 1851. Written in an anonymous, quick-witted voice, these humorous nonfiction sketches move briskly from food customs worldwide to clothing traditions history, offering sharp observation without pedantry. Each piece is sized for an evening's reading, the sort of parlour commentary that made the Exhibition intelligible far beyond London. Taken together, they show how Britons pictured the wider world in cloth, grain, spice, and stitch, at the height of the great exhibition 1851. For readers of worlds fair history, the book sits alongside the era's crystal palace guidebooks, yet it also works as a concise reference for students and anyone teaching cultural history, because it translates objects into memorable social detail. It captures a moment when industry, empire, and curiosity met in print, a rare specimen of Victorian popular education. Readers tracing clothing, diet, and everyday technology will find sturdy starting points for further research. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure -- it belongs on the shelf of anyone drawn to victorian social history.

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