Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe / Alexander C.T. Geppert, Emmy Noether Research Group Director, Freie Universität Berlin.

Main entry:

Geppert, Alexander C. T., 1970-

Title & Author:

Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe / Alexander C.T. Geppert, Emmy Noether Research Group Director, Freie Universität Berlin.

Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Description:

xvii, 398 pages, 7 pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-383) and index.
Introduction: how to read an exposition -- Berlin 1896: Wilhelm II, Georg Simmel, and the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung -- Paris 1900: the Exposition universelle as a Century's Protean Synthesis -- London 1908: Imre Kiralfy and the Franco-British Exhibition -- Wembley 1924: the British Empire Exhibition as a Suburban Metropolis -- Vincennes 1931: the Exposition coloniale as the Apotheosis of Imperial Modernity -- Conclusion: Exhibition Fatigue, or the rise and fall of a mass medium -- Coda: pictures at an exhibition.

Summary:

"Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781137358325 (paperback)
1137358327 (paperback)
(hardback)
9780230221642

Subject:

Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France)
Franco-British Exhibition (1908 : London, England)
British Empire Exhibition (1924-1925 : Wembley, London, England)
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung.
British Empire Exhibition.
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris.
Franco-British Exhibition.
Exhibitions Europe History.
Exhibitions Social aspects Europe History.
Civilization, Modern.
Cities and towns Europe History 20th century.
Villes Europe Histoire 20e siècle.
Cities and towns.
Civilization.
Exhibitions.
Europe Civilization 20th century.
Europe Civilisation 20e siècle.
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298060
Call No.: BIB 244356
Status: Available

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