Victorian things

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.

subjects: History,  Material culture,  Popular culture,  Civilization,  Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901,  Popular culture, great britain,  Intellectual life,  Popular culture--history,  Popular culture--great britain--history--19th century,  Material culture--history,  Material culture--great britain--history--19th century,  Da550 .b75 2003,  941.081,  Industries

Places: Great Britain,  England

Times: 19th century,  Victoria, 1837-1901