Victorian Material Culture: Volume II: Invention & Technology

From chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things. The set brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material culture and discusses the most significant developments in material history from across the nineteenth century. The collection will demonstrate the significance of objects in the everyday lives of the Victorians and addresses important questions about how we classify and categorise nineteenth-century things.

This collection brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material and culture. This third volume, ’Invention and Technology’, will look at a variety of Victorian inventions, both foundational and short-lived.

Richard Menke, is Associate Professor of English, University of Georgia, USA