The World in Play: Portraits of a Victorian Concept by Matthew Kaiser

The World in Play: Portraits of a Victorian Concept

Matthew Kaiser

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Nineteenth-century Britain was a world in play. The Victorians invented the weekend and built hundreds of parks and playgrounds. In the wake of Darwin, they re-imagined nature as a contest for survival. The playful child became a symbol of the fut...

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