The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the outstanding public event of the Victorian era. Housed in Joseph Paxton's glass and iron Crystal Palace, it presented a vast array of objects, technologies and works of art from around the world. The first industrial exhibition of international scope, contemporary commentators attributed much wider significance to it. Prince Albert, in particular, argued that the Great Exhibition would bring nations together in a spirit of friendly rivalry, following the social upheavals of the previous decade. But the Great Exhibition's role and long-term influence is far from clear-cut: did it encourage free trade or risk giving foreign competitors an advantage? Did it celebrate the achievements of the workers or give more power to industrialists and factory owners? Was it ungodly - even blasphemous - or did it promote Christianity across the British Empire? The Great Exhibition proved highly controversial, and the disputes in contemporary literature allow a significant insight into areas of political, social and religious contention in the mid-nineteenth century. Letters, diaries, minutes of meetings, official documents, newspaper articles, sermons, poems and pamphlets all help to provide a depth of context for the Exhibition and its legacy. The edition will be of interest to scholars of Victorian Studies, Industry and Trade, History of Science, Empire Studies and Design.
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