Fleeting Cities [electronic resource] : Imperial Expositions in Fin-de-Siècle Europe /
Geppert, A.author.
Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : how to read an exposition -- Berlin 1896 : Wilhelm II, Georg Simmel, and the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung -- Paris 1900 : the Exposition Universelle as a century's protean synthesis -- London 1908 : Imre Kiralfy and the Franco-British exhibition -- Wembley 1924 : The British Empire exhibition as a suburban metropolis -- Vincennes 1931 : The Exposition coloniale as a transitory center of imperial civilization -- Conclusion : exhibition fatigue, or the rise and fall of a mass medium -- Coda : pictures at an exhibition.
Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.
Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France)
Franco-British Exhibition (1908 : London, England)
British Empire Exhibition (1924-1925 : Wembley, London, England)
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Great Britain—History.
Europe, Central—History.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Germany and Central Europe.