Main entry:

Gelernter, David Hillel.

Title & Author:

1939, the lost world of the Fair / David Gelernter.

Publication:

New York : Free Press, ©1995.

Description:

xii, 418 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Map of 1939 New York world's fair on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-405) and index.
1. Prologue : the center of time -- 2. Into the fair -- 3. Color coded -- 4. The necktie -- 5. The monkey godess -- 6. Doughnuts -- 7. Haven't we met somewhere before? -- 8. Party -- 9. Choosing Ford -- 10. Technology : gorgeous -- 11. Flight in space -- 12. Playgrounds -- 13. His own words -- 14. Dynamite, Manhattan, 1939 -- 15. Technology : frightening -- 16. When life turns out to be a sand castle -- 17. Technology : good -- 18. The art of the microcosm -- 19. Robot! -- 20. The landscape and its sanctity -- 21. Sudden dark -- 22. Obsession -- 23. At last -- 24. Parachute jump -- 25. Late afternoon -- 26. Unfinished business -- 27. The voice of the Perisphere -- 28. Epilogue : here in utopia.

Summary:

Recreates the sights, sounds, and atmosphere of the New York World's Fair in 1939, highlighting its importance to a country reviving from the Great Depression and preparing for World War II.

ISBN:

0028740025
9780028740027

Subject:

New York World's Fair (1939-1940) History.
New York <NY> / Weltausstellung <1939>
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) History.
New York World's Fair
World's Fair 1939-1940 New York, NY
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Exposition universelle (1939-1940 : New York)
Wereldtentoonstellingen.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Marketing channels

Form/genre:

Histories.
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 155355
Call No.: T785.B1 G4 1995
Status: Available