The 18-ton statue of Lord Nelson that stands atop the huge granite column in London’s Trafalgar Square has been through a lot over the years. “When Edward Baily’s statue was displayed at ground level before being winched into place in three enormous sections it was a sensation: more than 100,000 people came to see it.” But now, the elements have had more than 150 years to wear on Baily’s design, and a major conservation effort is underway.
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Mix Up – The Culture Export
“Though the world’s diverse societies are continuously interacting, the process is producing a variety of hybrid regimes rather than convergence on a single model. Yet a belief that a universally accepted type of society is emerging continues to shape the way social scientists and public commentators think about the contemporary condition, and it is taken for granted that industrialization enables something like the way of life of rich countries to be reproduced everywhere.”