The 1933 Chicago World's Fair
Subtitle: century of progress
By: Cheryl R. Ganz.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780252033575
Description: "Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fair organizers used the very idea of progress to buoy national optimism during the Depression's darkest years. Fair organizers, together with corporate leaders, believed that progress rides on the tide of technological innovation and consumerism." "But not all those who struggled for a voice at Chicago's 1933 exposition had abandoned the traditional notions of progress that entailed social justice and equality, recognition of ethnic and gender-related accomplishments, and personal freedom and expression." "In this engaging social and cultural history, Cheryl R. Ganz examines Chicago's second world's fair through the lenses of technology, ethnicity, and gender."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sally Rand, a century of whoopie; title: Chicago boosters set the stage; title: A new vision for a world's fair; title: The vision on display; title: Women's spaces at the fair; title: African Americans and the Du Sable legacy; title: Ethnic identity and nationalistic representations of progress; title: Aviation as a nationalistic representation of progress.