The Role of International Exhibitions in Britain, 1850–1910: Perceptions of Economic Decline and the Technical Education Issue
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The International Inventions Exhibition (I.I.E.) (1885)

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The Event

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Reaction to the I.I.E.

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The Royal Commission on the Depression of Trade (R.C.D.T.) (1885)

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Origin

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Personnel

166

Witnesses

166

Reports

168

Conclusions of the R.C.D.T.

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Reaction to the R.C.D.T.

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The Technical Instruction Act (1889)

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Origin

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Details of the Legislation

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Reaction to the Technical Instruction Act

179

Whisky Money

180

Conclusions

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Chapter 4: “Washing Bottles in the Public House”

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Introduction

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The Chicago Exhibition (1893)

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The Event

200

Reaction to the Chicago Exhibition (1893)

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The Paris Exhibition (1900)

216

The Event

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Reaction to the Paris Exhibition (1900)

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Conclusions

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Chapter 5: The Absence of Continuity

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The International Exhibitions Committee (I.E.C.)

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Introduction

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Personnel

240

Witnesses

241

The Report of the I.E.C.

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