Author: Kristina Harris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Vintage guide offered turn-of-the-century seamstresses clear instructions for altering patterns and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding gowns, coats, maternity wear, children's clothing, and other apparel.
Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
Author: Kristina Harris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Vintage guide offered turn-of-the-century seamstresses clear instructions for altering patterns and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding gowns, coats, maternity wear, children's clothing, and other apparel.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Vintage guide offered turn-of-the-century seamstresses clear instructions for altering patterns and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding gowns, coats, maternity wear, children's clothing, and other apparel.
Posting It
Author: Catherine J Golden
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047889
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Although "snail mail" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e-mail and text messages are today. Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. Allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in the country for only a penny had multiple and profound cultural impacts. Golden demonstrates how cheap postage--which was quickly adopted in other countries--led to a postal "network" that can be viewed as a forerunner of computer-mediated communications. Indeed, the revolution in letter writing of the nineteenth century led to blackmail, frauds, unsolicited mass mailings, and junk mail--problems that remain with us today.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047889
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Although "snail mail" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e-mail and text messages are today. Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. Allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in the country for only a penny had multiple and profound cultural impacts. Golden demonstrates how cheap postage--which was quickly adopted in other countries--led to a postal "network" that can be viewed as a forerunner of computer-mediated communications. Indeed, the revolution in letter writing of the nineteenth century led to blackmail, frauds, unsolicited mass mailings, and junk mail--problems that remain with us today.
The Victorian Historical Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Victoria
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Victoria
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The World's First Postage Stamp
Author: Alan Holyoake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900631733
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900631733
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Victoria
Author: Charles Lathrop Pack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Postage stamps, Great Britain, plates, settings, spots, flaws, printings, cancellations, postmarks, Queen Victoria.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Postage stamps, Great Britain, plates, settings, spots, flaws, printings, cancellations, postmarks, Queen Victoria.
A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England
Author: Michelle Higgs
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473834465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
An “utterly brilliant” and deeply researched guide to the sights, smells, endless wonders, and profound changes of nineteenth century British history (Books Monthly, UK). Step into the past and experience the world of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport—and everything in between. A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England is “a brilliant guided tour of Charles Dickens’s and other eminent Victorian Englishmen’s England, with insights into where and where not to go, what type of people you’re likely to meet, and what sights and sounds to watch out for . . . Utterly brilliant!” (Books Monthly, UK). Like going back in time, Higgs’s book shows armchair travelers how to find the best seat on an omnibus, fasten a corset, deal with unwanted insects and vermin, get in and out of a vehicle while wearing a crinoline, and avoid catching an infectious disease. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book blends accurate historical details with compelling stories to bring alive the fascinating details of Victorian daily life. It is a must-read for seasoned social history fans, costume drama lovers, history students, and anyone with an interest in the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473834465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
An “utterly brilliant” and deeply researched guide to the sights, smells, endless wonders, and profound changes of nineteenth century British history (Books Monthly, UK). Step into the past and experience the world of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport—and everything in between. A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England is “a brilliant guided tour of Charles Dickens’s and other eminent Victorian Englishmen’s England, with insights into where and where not to go, what type of people you’re likely to meet, and what sights and sounds to watch out for . . . Utterly brilliant!” (Books Monthly, UK). Like going back in time, Higgs’s book shows armchair travelers how to find the best seat on an omnibus, fasten a corset, deal with unwanted insects and vermin, get in and out of a vehicle while wearing a crinoline, and avoid catching an infectious disease. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book blends accurate historical details with compelling stories to bring alive the fascinating details of Victorian daily life. It is a must-read for seasoned social history fans, costume drama lovers, history students, and anyone with an interest in the nineteenth century.
The Philatelic Gazette
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Telegraphic Realism
Author: Richard Menke
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804756914
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Telegraphic Realism demonstrates the connections between British nineteenth-century fiction, media technologies, and developing ideas about information, from the postage stamp to wireless.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804756914
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Telegraphic Realism demonstrates the connections between British nineteenth-century fiction, media technologies, and developing ideas about information, from the postage stamp to wireless.
The Victorian World
Author: Martin Hewitt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135694591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses political history, the history of ideas, cultural history and art history, The Victorian World offers a sweeping survey of the world in the nineteenth century. This volume offers a fresh evaluation of Britain and its global presence in the years from the 1830s to the 1900s. It brings together scholars from history, literary studies, art history, historical geography, historical sociology, criminology, economics and the history of law, to explore more than 40 themes central to an understanding of the nature of Victorian society and culture, both in Britain and in the rest of the world. Organised around six core themes – the world order, economy and society, politics, knowledge and belief, and culture – The Victorian World offers thematic essays that consider the interplay of domestic and global dynamics in the formation of Victorian orthodoxies. A further section on ‘Varieties of Victorianism’ offers considerations of the production and reproduction of external versions of Victorian culture, in India, Africa, the United States, the settler colonies and Latin America. These thematic essays are supplemented by a substantial introductory essay, which offers a challenging alternative to traditional interpretations of the chronology and periodisation of the Victorian years. Lavishly illustrated, vivid and accessible, this volume is invaluable reading for all students and scholars of the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135694591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses political history, the history of ideas, cultural history and art history, The Victorian World offers a sweeping survey of the world in the nineteenth century. This volume offers a fresh evaluation of Britain and its global presence in the years from the 1830s to the 1900s. It brings together scholars from history, literary studies, art history, historical geography, historical sociology, criminology, economics and the history of law, to explore more than 40 themes central to an understanding of the nature of Victorian society and culture, both in Britain and in the rest of the world. Organised around six core themes – the world order, economy and society, politics, knowledge and belief, and culture – The Victorian World offers thematic essays that consider the interplay of domestic and global dynamics in the formation of Victorian orthodoxies. A further section on ‘Varieties of Victorianism’ offers considerations of the production and reproduction of external versions of Victorian culture, in India, Africa, the United States, the settler colonies and Latin America. These thematic essays are supplemented by a substantial introductory essay, which offers a challenging alternative to traditional interpretations of the chronology and periodisation of the Victorian years. Lavishly illustrated, vivid and accessible, this volume is invaluable reading for all students and scholars of the nineteenth century.
A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps
Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250035503
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Explores the history of England through 36 of its fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps, emphasizing how stamps have always mirrored the events, attitudes, and styles of their time.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250035503
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Explores the history of England through 36 of its fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps, emphasizing how stamps have always mirrored the events, attitudes, and styles of their time.