Victorian Material Culture

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Victorian Material Culture

Reference works Cultural studies: dress and society Economics of industrial organization Economic history European history Social and cultural history

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Collection: Routledge Historical Resources

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 14 July 2022

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 7 Mb

ISBN: 9781315399966


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, ‘Fashionable Things’, will focus on Victorian fads and fashions ranging from chatelains to insect jewellery.

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