Fair America
Subtitle: world's fairs in the United States
By: Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling, and Kimberly D. Pelle
Contributors: Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781560983842; 9781560989684
Subjects: Wereldtentoonstellingen; Foires; Trade shows; History
Description: Setting more than thirty world's fairs from 1853 to 1984 in their historical context, Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling, and Kimberly D. Pelle show that the expositions reflected and influenced not only the ideals but also the cultural tensions of their times. Illustrated with archival photographs of fair buildings, exhibits, and souvenirs, Fair America surveys a century and a half of these dazzling, culturally revealing events.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Fairs in the age of industrialism's advance -- -- 2.; title: Fairs of the Imperial era -- -- 3.; title: Fairs between the World Wars -- -- 4.; title: Fairs in the Atomic age --; title: Conclusion: cultural dinosaurs? World's Fairs and the survival of the species.