- Summary
- In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly one hundred million people visited expositions celebrating the "century of progress." These fairs fired the national imagination and served as cultural icons on which Americans fixed their hopes for prosperity and power. World of Fairs continues Robert W. Rydell's unique cultural history--begun in his acclaimed All the World's a Fair--this time focusing on the interwar exhibitions. He shows how the ideas of a few--particularly artists, architects, and scientists--were broadcast to millions, proclaiming the arrival of modern America--a new empire of abundance build on old foundations of inequality.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Rydell, Robert W.
- Published
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1993]
©1993
- Locale
- United States
États-Unis
USA
- Contents
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Part 1. An exhibitionary culture. Forerunners of the Century-of-Progress expositions ; "Fitter families for future firesides": eugenics exhibitions between the wars
Part 2. The Century-of-Progress expositions. Coloniale moderne ; The empire of science ; Future perfect ; African Americans in the world of tomorrow ; The new day dawns: the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair
Conclusion
An essay on archival sources.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-260) and index.
Part 1. An exhibitionary culture. Forerunners of the Century-of-Progress expositions ; "Fitter families for future firesides": eugenics exhibitions between the wars -- Part 2. The Century-of-Progress expositions. Coloniale moderne ; The empire of science ; Future perfect ; African Americans in the world of tomorrow ; The new day dawns: the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair -- Conclusion -- An essay on archival sources.
