Colorado goes to the fair
Subtitle: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
By: Duane A. Smith, Karen A. Vendl, Mark A. Vendl
Contributors: Vendl, Karen A.; Vendl, Mark A.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780826350411; 9780826350428
Subjects: Economic conditions; Exhibitions; Social conditions; World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); Influence; Social change; History
Description: "... The authors trace the glory of the World's Fair and the impact it would have on Colorado, where Gilded Age excess clashed with the enthusiasm of westward expansion"--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: You must see this fair; title: Prologue: Metropolis of the West; title: The fair comes to Chicago; title: Come, come, come to the fair : World's Columbian Exposition; title: Surprise to the world; title: Not matter, but mind; not things, but men; title: Temptations galore; title: Coloradans go to the fair : their experiences and opinions; title: Epilogue: The glory and the reality; title: Appendix: Colorado exhibits receiving awards.