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Tables of Contents for Victorian Sensation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xv
List of Abbreviations
xix
Prologue: Devils or Angels
1
8
PART ONE ROMANCES OF CREATION
1. A Great Sensation
9
32
2. Steam Reading
41
36
3. Evolution for the People
77
34
4. Marketing Speculation
111
44
PART TWO GEOGRAPHIES OF READING
5. Conversations on Creation
155
36
6. Science in the City
191
31
7. Church in Danger
222
39
8. The Holy War
261
38
PART THREE SPIRITUALJOURNEYS
9. Sinners and Saints
299
37
10. Self-Development
336
28
11. Anonymity
364
39
PART FOUR FUTURES OF SCIENCE
12. The Paradoxes of Gentility
403
34
13. Grub Street Science
437
34
14. Mammon and the New Reformation
471
44
Epilogue: Lifting the Veil
515
18
References
533
50
Credits
583
2
Index
585