Victorian things
By: Asa Briggs.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Sutton history classics
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Material culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-389) and index.