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The visitors : culture shock in nineteenth-century Britain
- Title
- The visitors : culture shock in nineteenth-century Britain / Rupert Christiansen.
- Author
- Christiansen, Rupert.
- Publication
- London : Chatto & Windus, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA533 .C474 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 271 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Using a vast range of sources and voices, Rupert Christiansen has produced a work of popular history, which illuminates the Victorian character from unexpected angles, and emphasizes the extraordinary richness and diversity of a society sometimes mistakenly perceived as insular, bigoted and inward-looking."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Géricault, Théodore, 1791-1824 > Travel > Great Britain
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Travel > Great Britain
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 > Travel > Great Britain
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Géricault, Théodore, 1791-1824
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
- 1800-1901
- Visitors, Foreign > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Culture shock > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Culture shock
- Manners and customs
- Travel
- Visitors, Foreign
- Reizigers
- Cultuurschok
- Conflit culturel > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle
- Visiteurs étrangers > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle
- Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901
- Great Britain
- Grande-Bretagne > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne > 1837-1901 (Vic.)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
- Contents
- Théodore Géricault, painter -- Richard Wagner, composer -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher -- The psychic cloud: Yankee spirit-rappers -- Sporting chances: Australian cricketers -- The teetotum spin: exotic dancers.
- ISBN
- 1856197859
- 9781856197854
- LCCN
- 2002421111
- OCLC
- ocm43377402
- 43377402
- SCSB-14103004
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library