The World for a Shilling: How the Great Exhibition of 1851 Shaped a Nation

Conceived as a showcase for Britain's burgeoning manufacturing industries and the exotic products of its Empire, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was Britain's first truly national spectacle.

• | By (Author): Michael Leapman
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 326 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0571281656
• | ISBN-13: 9780571281657