Entrée principale:

Heller, Alfred.

Titre et auteur:

World's fairs and the end of progress : an insider's view / Alfred Heller.

Publication:

Corte Madera, CA : World's Fair, Inc., ©1999.

Description:

259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"So vast, so glorious, so touching-- " -- World's fairs in a nutshell -- Bringing world's fairs back to life. Looking for the Crystal Palace ; The centennial : America's first great world's fair ; The Australian centennial ; San Francisco, 1915 : Stella uncovered ; The search goes on -- Island of treasures -- Futurama and future. Expos of the Cold War ; Knoxville International Energy Exhibition, 1982 ; New Orleans, 1984 : the WonderWall Fair ; Caution! : you are approaching a black hole : Tsukuba Expo 85 and the promises of technology ; Vancouver, 1986 : theme dreams ; Springtime in Brisbane, 1988 ; The great events of 1992 -- Turn of the millennium. Expo 93, Taejon : the world's fair that married a theme park ; Professor Disaster's test chamber : a tale of exhibit-making at century's end ; 1998 Lisbon World Exposition ; Promises, promises : Hanover 2000, Seto 2005 -- The world's fair galaxy. True stars ; Interlopers -- New paths for progress. Expo 2015 : a prospectus.

ISBN:

0966562003
9780966562002

Sujet:

Exhibitions.
Fairs.
Foires.
fairs.

Classification/genre:

Exhibitions.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 203799
Cote: T395 .H45 1999
Statut: Disponible