A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Neil MacGregor uses five objects to highlight the shifts in the balance of economic, political and imperial power in the C19th - and the enormous consequences across the rest of the world.
A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) - Early Victorian tea set
Neil MacGregor's world history through objects. This week he is exploring the global economy in the 19th century. Today, the story of Britain's favourite drink - with a tea set!
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) - Hokusai's The Great Wave
Neil MacGregor is exploring mass production and mass consumption in the 19th century. Today he is in Japan - with Hokusai's famous print, The Great Wave.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) - Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
Neil MacGregor is looking at the global economy in the 19th Century. Today he is with the chronometer that accompanied Darwin to South America.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) - Sudanese slit drum
Neil MacGregor is looking at global power and economy in the 19th Century. Today he is with a drum from Sudan that Kitchener acquired for Queen Victoria.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects - Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD) - Suffragette-defaced penny
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things arrives in the 20th century. Today he chooses a British penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women".
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