Curiosities of Civilization
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Old newspaper advertisements become evidence of everyday English life in Andrew Wynter's essays. Notices for books, missing servants, stolen belongings, and public amusements let him examine what earlier generations wanted, bought, and feared. He reads these small announcements as records of manners that broad historical accounts can overlook. The collection gathers articles from the Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews, with a preface explaining that some details have been updated.
The contents range from food adulteration and zoological gardens to fire insurance, policing, army supplies, and the electric telegraph. A passage on rifle manufacture considers mismatched ammunition, factory machinery, production costs, and the pressure of wartime demand. Wynter moves between anecdote and practical explanation, making institutions and ordinary services his subjects.
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- Author
- Andrew Wynter
- Reading time
- About 15 hours
- Pages
- 370
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Sociology
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