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A history of industrial design reform in 19th century Britain, this book demonstrates that preoccupations with trade, labour, and manufacture lay at the heart of Victorian-era debates about cultural institutions. It shows how Victorians vied to upend aesthetic hierarchies in an imperial age and in the process, to refashion London's public culture.

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    Publisher: MD - Duke University Press
    Publication Date: 1/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780822340515, 978-0822340515
    ISBN10: 0822340518

    Number of Pages: 328

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    A history of industrial design reform in 19th century Britain, this book demonstrates that preoccupations with trade, labour, and manufacture lay at the heart of Victorian-era debates about cultural institutions. It shows how Victorians vied to upend aesthetic hierarchies in an imperial age and in the process, to refashion London's public culture.

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