Project Gutenberg 2012-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 104 Wynter, Andrew 1819 1876 Retnyw, Werdna Curiosities of Civilization 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. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40498/40498-h/images/cover.jpg en English essays -- 19th century PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 1424584 1424565 2024-09-17T06:24:57.897531 2023-09-17T14:36:23.424380 text/html text/html 1438101 2012-08-13T19:11:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 745966 2012-08-13T19:12:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 822861 2024-09-17T06:25:14.325424 application/epub+zip 842994 2024-09-17T06:25:00.170469 application/epub+zip 624952 2024-09-17T06:24:58.973525 application/epub+zip 1187301 2024-09-17T06:25:24.934348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1094738 2024-09-17T06:25:13.039425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 877922 2022-09-18T14:10:36.590430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1286391 1286227 2024-09-17T06:24:55.380511 2023-09-17T14:36:21.193401 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1285903 2012-08-13T19:11:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 491638 2012-08-13T19:12:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1285997 2012-08-13T19:12:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 491417 2012-08-13T19:12:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20222 2024-09-17T06:25:25.098352 application/rdf+xml 20785 2024-09-17T06:24:59.249512 image/jpeg 2715 2024-09-17T06:24:59.176486 image/jpeg 762440 2024-09-17T06:24:58.028502 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog