Peoples on Parade: Exhibitions, Empire, and Anthropology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
A study of how 19th-century British exhibitions presented peoples from across empires, influencing ideas about race, anthropology, and imperial power.
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This book examines the role of public exhibitions in shaping ideas about race and empire in Victorian Britain.
It investigates how displays of people from around the world influenced contemporary understandings of anthropology and cultural difference.
The work draws on historical sources to analyze the intersection of science, spectacle, and imperial ideology.
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