Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Canongate Books Limited.--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.
Contents:
Epilogue: This year's model. 1. The view from above -- Mini-break: 3000 BCE: Egypt's coffins. 2. Miniature villages and cities, some happier than others -- Mini-break, 1789: England's slave ships. 3. Portrait of a marriage -- Mini-break: 1851: Hamburg's talented fleas. 4. The Miniature Book Society's exciting annual convention -- Mini-break, 1911: England's playrooms. 5. The domestic ideal -- Mini-break, 1967: San Francisco's greatest hits. 6. The biggest model railway in the world -- Mini-break, 1992: Jerusalem's Temples. 7. The future was a beautiful place -- Mini-break, 1998: Las Vegas welcomes the world. 8. The perfect hobby -- Mini-break, 2016: London's artists. 9. Theater of dreams -- Mini-break, 2017: Germany's tiny chairs. 10. Our miniature selves. Epilogue: This year's model.
Summary:
"Tiny Eiffel Towers. Platoons of brave toy soldiers. A doll's house created for a Queen. Miniature crime scenes meant to catch killers. Model villages and railways. And much much more. Bringing together history, psychology, art and obsession, Simon Garfield explores what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects among collectors, modelers, and everyday people. The toys we enjoy as children invest us with a rare power at a young age, bestowing a taste of adult-sized authority. For some, the desire to play with small things becomes a desire to make small things. Controlling a tiny, scaled-down world can give us new perspectives and restore our sense of order in uncertain times. IN MINIATURE takes a big look at small things and teaches us to find greatness in the diminuative." -- dust jacket.
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