Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era: A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress

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Boyd assembles a breathless catalog of the nineteenth century's transformations—from industrial innovations to imperial conquests to moral progress—presenting history as an endless procession of human achievement. This celebratory and somewhat overwhelming compendium captures the era's intoxicating belief in inevitable advancement.

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