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The shows of London
Richard Daniel Altick-
Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Introduction (page 1)
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1. From cabinets to Museums, I:1600-1750 (page 5)
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2. From Cabinets to Museums, II: 1750-1800 (page 22)
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3. Monster-Mongers and Other Retailers of Strange Sights (page 34)
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4. Waxwork and Clockwork (page 50)
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5. Exhibitions of Mechanical Ingenuity (page 64)
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6. Water, Fire, Air, and a Celestial Bed (page 77)
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7. The Sights and Resorts of Eighteenth-Century London (page 87)
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8. Art on Display (page 99)
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9. The Eidophusikon (page 117)
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10. The Panorama in Leicester Square (page 128)
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11. A Panorama in a Pleasure Dome (page 141)
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12 The Diorama (page 163)
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13. Panoramas: Topics of the Times (page 173)
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14. The Theatrical Art of the Panorama (page 184)
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15. Panoramas in Motion (page 198)
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16. Scenes Optical, Mechanical, and Spectral (page 211)
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17. Entr'acte: Exhibitions and London Life (page 221)
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18. William Bullock and the Egyptian Hall (page 235)
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19. Freaks in the Age of Improvement (page 253)
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20. The Noble Savage Reconsidered (page 268)
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21. The Ancient and the Exotic (page 288)
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22. Life and Death in the Animal Kingdom (page 302)
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23. Zoos and Pleasure Gardens (page 317)
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24 The Waxen and the Fleshly (page 332)
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25. More Mechanical Ingenuity (page 350)
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26. The Two Faces of Science (page 363)
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27. Technology for the Million (page 375)
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28. Artifacts and Models (page 390)
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29. Fine Art for the People (page 404)
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30. Entr'acte: Inside the Exhibition Business (page 420)
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31. National Monuments (page 434)
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32. The Crystal Palace Year: 1851 (page 455)
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33. The Fifties, I: New Paterns of Life and the Decline of the Panorama (page 470)
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34. The Fifties, II: The Old Order Changeth (page 483)
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Epilogue (page 504)
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Short Forms of Citation (page 512)
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Notes (page 513)
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Index (page 541)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ES | 12.4 (Summer 1979): 559-562 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-2586%28197922%2912%3A4%3C559%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I |
AHR | 84. 2 (Apr. 1979): 455-456 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197904%2984%3A2%3C455%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T |
ENHR | 96.380 (Jul. 1981): 623-624 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28198107%2996%3A380%3C623%3ATSOLAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U |
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Published: 1978
Publisher: Harvard University Press
- 9780674807310 (hardcover)