Main entry:

Rydell, Robert W., author.

Title & Author:

All the world's a fair : visions of empire at American international expositions, 1876-1916 / Robert W. Rydell.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
©1984

Description:

x, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index.
The centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 : the exposition as a "moral influence" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 : "and was Jerusalem builded here?" -- The New Orleans, Atlanta, and Nashville expositions : new markets, "new Negroes," and a new south -- The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, 1898 : "concomitant to empire" -- The Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo : "pax 1901" -- The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, 1904 : "the coronation of civilization" -- The expositions in Portland and Seattle : "to celebrate the past and to exploit the future" -- The expositions in San Francisco and San Diego : toward the world of tomorrow.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP18.44 0.

Summary:

"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."-- Amazon.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0226732398
9780226732398
0226732401
9780226732404

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Weltausstellung
Exhibitions History.
Trade shows History.
Anthropology United States History.
Racism United States History.
Expositions Histoire.
Salons professionnels Histoire.
Anthropologie États-Unis Histoire.
Racisme États-Unis Histoire.
73.99 ethnology: other.
Exhibitions
Trade shows
Selbstdarstellung
Tentoonstellingen.
Representatie (algemeen)
Etnocentrisme.
Imperialisme.
Vooruitgangsgedachte.
Organizacoes E Instituicoes Internacionais.
Expositions États-Unis.
Geschichte (1876-1916)
USA
United States International exhibitions, 1876-1916

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 88076
Call No.: T395.5.U5 (ID:85-B12587)
Status: Available