Author: Robert W. Rydell
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of civilization,” the expositions impressed tens of millions of fairgoers with model environments and utopian visions. Setting more than 30 world’s fairs from 1853 to 1984 in their historical context, the authors show that the expositions reflected and influenced not only the ideals but also the cultural tensions of their times. As mainstays rather than mere ornaments of American life, world’s fairs created national support for such issues as the social reunification of North and South after the Civil War, U.S. imperial expansion at the turn of the 20th-century, consumer optimism during the Great Depression, and the essential unity of humankind in a nuclear age.
Fair America
Author: Robert W. Rydell
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of civilization,” the expositions impressed tens of millions of fairgoers with model environments and utopian visions. Setting more than 30 world’s fairs from 1853 to 1984 in their historical context, the authors show that the expositions reflected and influenced not only the ideals but also the cultural tensions of their times. As mainstays rather than mere ornaments of American life, world’s fairs created national support for such issues as the social reunification of North and South after the Civil War, U.S. imperial expansion at the turn of the 20th-century, consumer optimism during the Great Depression, and the essential unity of humankind in a nuclear age.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588343421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world's fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of civilization,” the expositions impressed tens of millions of fairgoers with model environments and utopian visions. Setting more than 30 world’s fairs from 1853 to 1984 in their historical context, the authors show that the expositions reflected and influenced not only the ideals but also the cultural tensions of their times. As mainstays rather than mere ornaments of American life, world’s fairs created national support for such issues as the social reunification of North and South after the Civil War, U.S. imperial expansion at the turn of the 20th-century, consumer optimism during the Great Depression, and the essential unity of humankind in a nuclear age.
American Fair
Author: Pamela Littky
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
ISBN: 9783868288209
Category : Fairs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The nostalgic glamor of the American fairs attracts visitors of all ages, every year in the USA.
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
ISBN: 9783868288209
Category : Fairs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The nostalgic glamor of the American fairs attracts visitors of all ages, every year in the USA.
The Fair American
Author: Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
ISBN: 9781883937850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Pierre, sole survivor of an aristocratic family in the French Revolution, escapes to America aboard the Fair American with the aid of Sally, Andrew, and Andrew's father.
Publisher: Bethlehem Books
ISBN: 9781883937850
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Pierre, sole survivor of an aristocratic family in the French Revolution, escapes to America aboard the Fair American with the aid of Sally, Andrew, and Andrew's father.
What's Fair?
Author: Jennifer L. Hochschild
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674950870
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Using a long questionnaire and in-depth interviews, Hochschild examines the ideals and contemporary practices of Americans on the subject of distributive justice, and discovers neither the rich nor the nonrich support the downward redistribution of wealth.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674950870
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Using a long questionnaire and in-depth interviews, Hochschild examines the ideals and contemporary practices of Americans on the subject of distributive justice, and discovers neither the rich nor the nonrich support the downward redistribution of wealth.
The Great American Bear
Author: Jeff Fair
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781559714129
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
-- An enlightened and scientific look at the black bear. -- Over 150 captivating color photos.
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781559714129
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
-- An enlightened and scientific look at the black bear. -- Over 150 captivating color photos.
The Great American Fair
Author: Reid Badger
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9780882294483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
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Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9780882294483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
American Fair Trade
Author: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110707682X
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Shows how, in the decades prior to the Great Depression, associations of independent proprietors partnered with federal regulators to create codes of fair competition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110707682X
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Shows how, in the decades prior to the Great Depression, associations of independent proprietors partnered with federal regulators to create codes of fair competition.
All the World's a Fair
Author: Robert W. Rydell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent scientific credibility to popular racial attitudes and helped build public support for domestic and foreign policies. Rydell's lively and thought-provoking study draws on archival records, newspaper and magazine articles, guidebooks, popular novels, and oral histories.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent scientific credibility to popular racial attitudes and helped build public support for domestic and foreign policies. Rydell's lively and thought-provoking study draws on archival records, newspaper and magazine articles, guidebooks, popular novels, and oral histories.
America at the Fair
Author: Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738525211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
At the time of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the world's leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the country's second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the world's most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of America's great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the "Blueprint of the American Future" and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738525211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
At the time of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the world's leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the country's second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the world's most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of America's great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the "Blueprint of the American Future" and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.
1964-1965 New York World's Fair, The
Author: Bill Cotter
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467121053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair showcases the beauty of this international spectacular through rare color photographs, published here for the first time. Advertised as the "Billion-Dollar Fair," the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair transformed a sleepy park in the borough of Queens into a fantasy world enjoyed by more than 51 million visitors from around the world. While many countries and states exhibited at the fair, the most memorable pavilions were built by the giants of American industry. Their exhibits took guests backward and forward in time, all the while extolling how marvelous everyday life would be through the use of their products. Many of the techniques used in these shows set the standard for future fairs and theme parks, and the pavilions that housed them remain the most elaborate structures ever built for an American fair.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467121053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair showcases the beauty of this international spectacular through rare color photographs, published here for the first time. Advertised as the "Billion-Dollar Fair," the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair transformed a sleepy park in the borough of Queens into a fantasy world enjoyed by more than 51 million visitors from around the world. While many countries and states exhibited at the fair, the most memorable pavilions were built by the giants of American industry. Their exhibits took guests backward and forward in time, all the while extolling how marvelous everyday life would be through the use of their products. Many of the techniques used in these shows set the standard for future fairs and theme parks, and the pavilions that housed them remain the most elaborate structures ever built for an American fair.