Commodity Culture in Victorian England
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In his discussion of the commodity culture of Victorian England, Thomas Richards (22) focuses on what he calls the "Great Exhibition of Things" which occurred at a point in Britain's history when industrialization and mass production were accelerating in tandem with the growth of a more affluent and materialistic middle class. In the Crystal Palace in 1851, Richards (28) states that the Great Exhibition presented visitors with an almost unlimited assortment of new consumer goods, many of which were extremely exotic and reflected Britain's growing capacity to draw upon its overseas colonies for raw materials as well as a design aesthetic. Richards (30) says that "the Crystal Pala
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