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Globalization and the great exhibition The Victorian new world order /

This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of glob...

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Main Authors: Young, Paul.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
Subjects:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
British & Irish history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Globalization.
Literature.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230594319
Summary: This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of global order legitimized imperial ambition.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 264 p.
ISBN: 9780230520752
9780230594319 :
023059431X :
CLC: K561.43
Contents: Contents Introduction: The Millennial Dream The Great Family of Man Geography Made Easy Reorienting the World Pax Britannica Postscript: America, Anglobalization and the Great Exhibition Works cited Index.

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