UGST4077 - Cultures of Quantification (Winter 2023)
Section outline
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The Crystal Palace Exhibition, continued:
Please choose ONE set of readings from any single language, and come to class prepared to present the views of the author.German/Austrian/Swiss: Pester Zeitung: "Die Londoner Ausstellung" (6 May 1851; 13 May 1851; 16 May 1851); "Aus dem Krystallpalast" (3 July 1851).
Pester Lloyd: "Briefe über den Krystallpalast in Sydenham" (10 June 1854; 21 June 1854).
Wiener Zeitung: 8 May 1851 , 16 May 1851 , 7 June 1851 , 10 July 1851 , 15 October 1851 .
"Die Bedeutung der Industrie-Ausstellung in London," Berlinsche Zeitung (1 May 1851).
H. Scherer, Londoner Briefe über die Weltausstellung (Leipzig 1851: excerpts).
Unterhaltungs-Blatt für alle Stände: "Die Londoner-Ausstellung," 2 April 1851 (p. 5), 10 May 1851 (p. 93), 14 May 1851 (p. 101).
"Die Industrieausstellung aller Nationen in London," Appenzeller Kalender (1852).
"Die appenzellische Industrie an der grossen Ausstellung in London im Jahre 1851," Appenzellische Jahrbücher (1854): 73-85.
Hungarian: Korizmics, "A londoni iparműkiállitásról," Gazdasági lapok 43, 45 (26 October and 9 November 1851), 999-1007, 1047-1060.
Pesti Napló: "Körút a világban, a londoni iparkiállitásnál" (435–443, August 1851) (actually a translation from Revue des deux Mondes )
Vasarnapi Újság: A sydenhami palota and Az angol nép palotája (the second incarnation at Sydenham)
Polish: Biblioteka Warszawska: "Wystawa powszechna v Londynie" (vol. 2, 1851; the first installment of a long report; part 2 is included in folder, but not assigned). [If you want to read online, see part 1 (p. 535) and part 2 (111).]
Czas (Kraków): 5 May 1851 , 6 May 1851 (p. 2), 7 May 1851 , 9 May 1851 , 10 May 1851, 13 May 1851, 14 May 1851, 15 May 1851, 16 May 1851, 20 May 1851, 21 May 1851, 22 May 1851 (p. 2) (these are fairly brief newspaper articles; see how far you can get) [Note: DJVu reader needed.]
Czech: "Oddělení ruské na Londýnské výstavé," Vesna (8 July 1851 and 10 July 1851).
Jan Krejčí: Světová průmyslová výstava (1862; this is primarily about the 1862 International Exhibition, but with comparisons to its 1851 predecessor)
Croatian: "Londonska izložba," Narodne novine (4 August 1851, 8 August 1851, 10 August 1851, 17 August 1851).
Russian: Friedlander, "Второе донесение о посещении лондонской всемирной выставки," Zhurnal ministerstva narodnago prosveshcheniia (1851; see first report as time permits).
Modest Kittary, "Лондонская всемирная выставка," Otechestvennye zapiski 78 sect. VIII (1851): 45 and 127 (parts 2 and 3) [start at p. 730 in the online pagination].
Ottoman Turkish: Seyahatname i Londra (Constantinople, 1853)
English: Illustrated London News: "The Old and New Holy Alliance" (7 June 1851); "The Contributions of Russia" (21 June 1851); "The Contributions of Turkey" (21 June 1851)
The Illustrated Exhibitor: "Russia" (26 July 1851)
W. C. Rives, "The Great Exhibition - The American Department," The New York Times (31 October 1851).
Dutch: K, "Na de Algemeene Tentoonstelling," De Gids 15 (September 1851): 695.
Swedish: "Sens moral af verldexpositionen," Friskytten (21 June 1851).
French: "Le tour du monde a l'Exposition de Londres," Revue des deux Mondes (July 1851).
Italian: G. Suzzara, L'Italiano a Londra durante l'esposizione: Cenni storici descrittivi (Milan, 1851).
(For the curious, you can find a description of the opening ceremonies in The Leader for 3 May 1851.)
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