[dredmorbius]

Or of the United States in the early 19th century. The 1851 Crystal Palace exposition was quite a shock.

[sho]

Care to expand on that? Why was the 1851 Expo a shock?

[dredmorbius]

Because the US was considered a backwater at the time by Europe, Britain particularly.

Merrit Roe Smith, STS.050, MIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fw92I_zpmRU