“It's an exhilarating time to be a Victorianist... Heyday is not a book about ideas; it's a book about stuff.” The Guardian · 9 years ago Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age
Wilson argues that the 1850s—bookended by the and the start of the American Civil War —marked a "precipice in Time" where technology, migration, and trade created the first truly global age. Heyday: The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Ag...
Rather than a book of abstract ideas, critics note it focuses on the material—gold, iron, telegraph wire, and even human hair—to illustrate how physical connections reshaped human relationships. “It's an exhilarating time to be a Victorianist