Victorian things / Asa Briggs.

Main entry:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.

Title & Author:

Victorian things / Asa Briggs.

Publication:

London : B.T. Batsford, 1988.

Description:

448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Companion vol. to: Victorian cities and Victorian people.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-440) and index.
Things as emissaries -- The great Victorian collection -- The philosophy of the eye: Spectacles, cameras and the new vision -- Images of fame -- The wonders of common things -- Hearth and home -- Hats, caps and bonnets -- Carboniferous capitalism : coal, iron and paper -- Stamps, used and unused -- New things and old.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

071344519X
9780713445190
0713445203 (pbk.)
9780713445206

Subject:

Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century.
Material culture Great Britain History 19th century.
Culture matérielle Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Material culture
Popular culture
Zivilisation
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
English civilization, 1837-1901

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 24607
Call No.: ID:88-B10895
Status: Available

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