Bazaars and fair ladies
Subtitle: the history of the American fundraising fair
By: Beverly Gordon.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press; Univ Tennessee Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Bazaars (Charities) -- United States -- History.; Women in charitable work -- United States -- History.
Description: Tracing their development from the early 1800s to the present day, Gordon shows how women's fairs have reflected and influenced American culture, including styles of display and presentation, forms of public entertainment, attitudes about consumption and commodities, and perceptions of other cultures and of the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: The many meanings of the fundraising fair and an overview of its development; title: The tensions of the antebellum fair : moral crusades and "bewitching" ladies; title: The excitement and lasting legacy of the Civil War sanitary fairs; title: Other fairs of the Civil War and Reconstruction periods; title: The heyday of the fundraising fair : "anything to attract" at the turn of the century; title: Fairs during and between the world wars; title: The contemporary fair : developments since World War II; title: Conclusions.