Victorian things
by Asa Briggs · 1988
Popularity 12
"Asa Briggs examines a wide range of Victorian objects and the way in which they express and reflect the preoccupations of Victorian society. He includes information on museums and exhibitions, commemorative artefacts, home furnishings and decoration, hats and other headgear, coal, matches, stamps, telephones and typewriters, spectacles and cameras. A whole world is recaptured for the modern reader, with surprising, delightful, amusing and amazing objects paraded throughout this book."--Jacket.
HistoryMaterial culturePopular cultureCivilizationGreat britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901Popular culture, great britainIntellectual lifePopular culture--historyPopular culture--great britain--history--19th centuryMaterial culture--historyMaterial culture--great britain--history--19th centuryDa550 .b75 2003