Whose fair? : experience, memory, and the history of the great St. Louis Exposition / James Gilbert.

Main entry:

Gilbert, James Burkhart.

Title & Author:

Whose fair? : experience, memory, and the history of the great St. Louis Exposition / James Gilbert.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Description:

x, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-215) and index.
Fair itineraries: experience, memory, and the history of the fair -- Making history -- Making memories -- Making images -- Mrs. Wilkins dances -- The beholder's eye: making experience -- Making identities.

Summary:

An overview of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, based on historical accounts, artifacts, and memories of attendees, that reveal how fairgoers spent their time.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Klappentext

ISBN:

9780226293103 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226293106 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Saint Louis (Mo.) Weltausstellung (1904)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) History.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Weltausstellung 1904 Saint Louis, Mo.
Exhibitions Social aspects Missouri Saint Louis.
Missouri Saint Louis.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266528
Call No.: BIB 198455
Status: Available

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