The Great Exhibition in Art Ruth Nattermann

The Great Exhibition in Art Ruth NattermannThe Great Exhibition of 1851, the first World's Fair, is generally thought of as a giant trade fair, a showcase for empires and industry. However, it was also conceived to address a deep rooted problem with British taste, which favoured European art and design over British. Julius Bryant's richly illustrated new book, which draws on the vast visual resources of the V&A's collections, establishes the centrality of works of fine art amongst the objects

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The voices of the various participants-Steve Anker

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this volume puts forth a neglected history of the state of domestic service discourse at the turn of the 19th century and how it shaped and continues to shape the surveillance of women

and other People of Color remain inequitably stratified in the pursuit of higher education