World's fair gardens
Subtitle: shaping American landscapes
By: Cathy Jean Maloney
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813933115
Subjects: Landscape architecture; History; Gardens; Exhibitions; Landscape design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 : The Debut of American Horticulture on the World Stage; title: World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, 1884-1885 : North Meets South in a Winter Garden; title: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 : Landscape Architecture Frames the City Beautiful; title: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 : Electric Rainbows of Colorful Flowers; title: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 : A Fair in the Forest City; title: Jamestown Exposition, Jamestown, 1907 : Native Plantings Frame City Planning; title: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 : East Meets West in the Garden; title: Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934 : Modernism Meets the Midwest; title: The World of Tomorrow, New York, 1939-1940 : Fair of the Future; title: Epilogue; title: List of Key Names.