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Architecture of Instruction and Delight; a socio-historical analysis of world exhibitions as a didactic phenomenon (1798-1851-1970); Design by Piet Gerards, English, 848 pp, 170x240mm,  paperback, ISBN 90 6450 383 4 010-publishers, Rotterdam (2001).

Written by Pieter van Wesemael.

Architecture of Instruction and Delight is the outcome of a postgraduate research project at Delft University of Technology performed by the author. It deals with the genesis and development of the nineteenth and twentieth century World Exhibition as a didactic phenomenon. Architecture - and later urbanism - played a key instrumental role in it. Van Wesemael interprets the World Exhibition primarily as an integrated didactic ideological strategy, popularly conveyed by a mixture of media such as exhibitions, competitions, ceremonies and lectures. A brief introductory genealogy of the concept of national industrial exhibitions, precursors of the current World Exhibition, is followed by five chapters in which the didactics of five discernible periods is analysed using noteworthy examples: 'The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations' of 1851 in London, the 'Exposition Universelle' of 1867 in Paris, the 'Exposition Universelle et Internationale' of 1900 also in Paris, the 'World's Fair' of 1939 in New York and the 'Expo' of 1970 in Osaka. The book makes abundant use of historical sources.

(Euros: ¤39-50)

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Audrey Hammond & Briam Dann
Pub. Crystal Palace Triangle Association

Fabulous drawings, history of the Traingle area, recollections, poems and people.

"Enhanced by dozens of illustrations, this wide-ranging account of the Great Exhibition reveals for the first time how the extraordinary occasion was conceived and planned, why it was such an unexpected success, what it actually meant to the millions of Britons who visited it, and what it came to mean in later generations."

Something to pass the time - Where was the first FA cup held and when was it first played at Crystal Palace? (answers below)

Replay Publishing Limited now has a website up and running. This can be found at www.replaypublishing.co.uk or click on the footbal.

"As some of you will know, we have produced the definitive publication on the history of football at the Crystal Palace. We also take commissions for works on sports history, local history especially if this relates to the Crystal Palace area." - note from Ian Bevan, co-author of "To the Palace for the Cup".

Answers:

• first FA cup - Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers at the Oval
• first played at Crystal Palace - 1895 Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0

Contact Replay Publishing at: info@replaypublishing.co.uk.

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Available free from numerous shops and meeting places or direct to your door for a small fee from PO Box 11591, London SE26 6WB. Many interesting and informative articles, advertisements, things to do etc. etc....

Published by the Crystal Palace Foundation - address c/o the Museum (see Links Places). Deals with matters (mainly historical) related to the Crystal Palace. Also news and views; events - talks on Palace, tours around the grounds - related web sites etc.

"The old Crystal Palace shone like a star and died on its own pyre, but its ghost still haunts the empty heights of Norwood.
...All the world knows where the Crystal Palace was.
...It was the early home of balooning aeronaughts...
...the Norwood district, which was clearly defined in the reign of William the Conqueror."

Chapter Nine - Two Notable Women (a short extract)

The Book - a must for anyone interested in local history and life itself.

Gideon Mantell was the man that brought you Iguanadons and was a scientific rival of Owen. The board of directors of the Crystal Palace Company approached him in the Summer of 1852 to oversee the dinosaur park at Sydenham. Unfortunately he died in November of that year, and is in fact buried in Sydenham. You can find an interesting account of his life in the 'Dinosaur Hunters' by Deborah Cadbury - 4th Estate.

The West Sussex Geological Society (WSGS) has just published 'Gideon Mantell - Momento Mori' by Anthony Brook. 30 pages A4, price £3.50 each.

Call WSGS Chairman Ken Steel 01903 209140 for more information.

Ed: Thanks to Alastair Cameron for the information. (17/11/02)

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