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Globalization and the Great Exhibition

- The Victorian New World Order

About Globalization and the Great Exhibition

This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of global order legitimized imperial ambition.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780230520752
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 249
  • Published:
  • January 28, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 140x216x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 485 g.
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Expected delivery: January 11, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Globalization and the Great Exhibition

This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of global order legitimized imperial ambition.

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