Main entry:

Kargon, Robert H. (Robert Hugh), author.

Title & Author:

World's fairs on the eve of war : science technology & modernity, 1937-1942 / Robert H. Kargon, Johns Hopkins Univ., Karen Fiss, Calif. College of the Arts, Morris Low, Univ. of Queensland, Arthur P. Molella, Smithsonian Institution.

Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]

Description:

viii, 206 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.
Introduction: World's Fairs, modernity, and the demand for authenticity -- Modernity à la française : the 1937 Paris Exposition -- Fantasies of consumption at Schaffendes Volk : National Socialism and the four-year plan -- Whose modernity? : utopia and commerce at the 1939 New York World's Fair -- Modernity on display : the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan -- EUR : Mussolini's Appian way to modernity -- Redefining cultural conflict : the first postwar international exposition.

Summary:

Since the first world's fair in London in 1851, at the dawn of the era of industrialization, international expositions served as ideal platforms for rival nations to showcase their advancements in design, architecture, science and technology, industry, and politics. Before the outbreak of World War II, countries competing for leadership on the world stage waged a different kind of war with cultural achievements and propaganda appealing to their own national strengths and versions of modernity in the struggle for power. World s Fairs on the Eve of War examines five fairs and expositions from across the globe including three that were staged (Paris, 1937; Dusseldorf, 1937; and New York, 1939 40), and two that were in development before the war began, but never executed (Tokyo, 1940; and Rome, 1942). This coauthored work considers representations of science and technology at world s fairs as influential cultural forces, and at a critical moment in history, when tensions and ideological divisions between political regimes would soon lead to war.

ISBN:

9780822944447 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0822944448 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Exhibitions Political aspects History 20th century.
World politics History 20th century.
Science Political aspects History 20th century.
Technology Political aspects History 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 Science.
World War, 1939-1945 Technology.
World War, 1939-1945 Propaganda.
Politics, Practical.
Science history
Technology history
Politics
Politique mondiale Histoire 20e siècle.
Sciences Aspect politique Histoire 20e siècle.
Technologie Aspect politique Histoire 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Sciences.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Technologie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Propagande.
Politique.
Expositions Aspect politique Histoire 20e siècle.
politics.
02.14 organization of science and culture.
Exhibitions Political aspects
Propaganda
Science
Science Political aspects
Technology
Technology Political aspects
World politics

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Fiss, Karen, author.
Low, Morris, author.
Molella, Arthur P., 1944- author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294935
Call No.: BIB 240864
Status: Available