Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851

Drawing on sermons and extensive source material from the mid-Victorian religious press, this innovative reappraisal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 shows that it was widely understood by contemporaries to possess a religious dimension and that it generated controversy among religious groups

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cantor, G. N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Drawing on sermons and extensive source material from the mid-Victorian religious press, this innovative reappraisal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 shows that it was widely understood by contemporaries to possess a religious dimension and that it generated controversy among religious groups
Physical Description:xi, 226 p. ill
ISBN:9780191725685
0191725684