Twilight at the world of tomorrow
Subtitle: genius, madness, murder, and the 1939 World's Fair on the brink of war
By: James Mauro
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780345512147
Subjects: Fairs; New York World's Fair (1939-1940); Exhibitions; History
Description: The summer of 1939 was an epic turning point for America?a brief window between the Great Depression and World War II. It was the last season of unbridled hope for peace and prosperity; by Labor Day, the Nazis were in Poland. And nothing would come to symbolize this transformation from acute optimism to fear and dread more than the 1939 New York World?s Fair.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-385) and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Prologue : This brief paradise; title: From ash heaps to Utopia; title: Part one : The devil to pay.; title: "Why don't you do it, Daddy?"; title: Mr. New York; title: A voluntary exile; title: The gardenia of the law; title: New York World's Fair, Inc.; title: The $8 murder; title: Why have a fair?; title: 106 degrees in the shade; title: Panic in Times Square; title: Selling the Fair; title: "Folks, you ain't seen nothing yet!"; title: Part two : Dawn of a new day : 1939 : the first season.; title: "They come with joyous song"; title: Blackout; title: "I have seen the future"; title: Visions and dreamscapes; title: Palestine vs. Pancho Villa; title: Germany yesterday, Germany tomorrow; title: Royal flush; title: "I never thought of that!"; title: "You tell 'em, Mickey!"; title: The storm center of the world; title: "S'long, folks!"; title: Part three : For peaceace and freedom : 1940 : the second season.; title: "Hello, folks!"; title: "This looks like the real goods"; title: Aftermath; title: Curtains; title: Whalen, Gravisnas, Forbine, and nobility; title: Epilogue : Ashes to ashes