Joe Kember, John Plunkett and Jill A. Sullivan (eds), Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910
The Victorians are well known for their love of spectacle and their enthusiasm for science. In the wake of Richard Altick’s ground-breaking book The Shows of London (1978), the interpenetration of science and spectacle has been much studied in relation to the exhibition spaces promoted by emerging...
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Miranda
2014
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| 在線閱讀: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 總結: | The Victorians are well known for their love of spectacle and their enthusiasm for science. In the wake of Richard Altick’s ground-breaking book The Shows of London (1978), the interpenetration of science and spectacle has been much studied in relation to the exhibition spaces promoted by emerging scientific communities, especially museums. Yet, as Altick himself indicated, the sciences were put on show across a wide range of display sites, including those which were not hallowed with the ap... |
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