ABSTRACT
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the outstanding public event of the Victorian era. Housed in Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, it presented a vast array of objects, technologies and works of art from around the world. The sources in this edition provide a depth of context for study into the Exhibition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part II|240 pages
Reactions to the Proposed Exhibition (continued)
part |24 pages
John Bull on the Offensive
part |36 pages
Tory Reactions
part |20 pages
Responses by Radicals
part |22 pages
The Advantages of the Exhibition
part |32 pages
Manufacturers Debate the Exhibition
part |60 pages
Three Religious Responses
part |10 pages
The Patent Problem
part |16 pages
Pacifist and Abolitionist Perspectives
part III|92 pages
The Opening on 1 May 1851
part |12 pages
Anticipating the Exhibition
part |16 pages
The Opening Ceremony
part |16 pages
A Good View of the Proceedings
