Curiosities of Civilization (Registro nro. 81337)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wynter, Andrew, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1819-1876 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Curiosities of Civilization |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2012-08-14 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Advertisements -- Food and its adulterations -- The Zoological Gardens -- Rats -- Lunatic asylums -- The London commissariat -- Woolwich Arsenal -- Shipwrecks -- Lodging, food, and dress of soldiers -- The electric telegraph -- Fires and fire insurance -- The police and the thieves -- Mortality in trades and professions. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at<br/>http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images<br/>generously made available by The Internet Archive.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Curiosities of Civilization" by Andrew Wynter is a collection of essays written in the mid-19th century. The work is a keen examination of various aspects of societal development, offering insights into the cultural, social, and historical trajectories of civilization. Each essay reflects on distinct topics that range from advertisements and food adulteration to aspects of public life such as lunatic asylums and the emergence of various institutions. The opening of the book presents a detailed introduction, where Wynter outlines his intention to draw a continuous line of advertisements from historical newspapers to showcase how they reflect the wants, losses, and amusements of the society that produced them. He introduces the notion that advertisements serve as valuable documents for understanding the social fabric and progress of past generations by providing a glimpse into everyday life, cultural trends, and economic exchanges. Wynter supports his assertions with examples from early newspaper advertisements, revealing the historical evolution of public discourse and consumer practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | English essays -- 19th century |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40498">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40498</a> |
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