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Victorian Material Culture

Deborah Wynne editor Louisa Yates editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:14th Jul '22

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From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things. The set brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material culture and discusses the most significant developments in material history from across the nineteenth century. The collection will demonstrate the significance of objects in the everyday lives of the Victorians and addresses important questions about how we classify and categorise nineteenth-century things. This collection brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material and culture. This volume, ‘Manufactured Things’, will consider mass produced industrial and domestic objects.

ISBN: 9781138225374

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 471g

460 pages