Main entry:

Wesemael, Pieter van.

Title & Author:

Architecture of instruction and delight : a socio-historical analysis of world exhibitions as a didactic phenomenon (1798-1851-1970) / Pieter van Wesemael.

Publication:

Rotterdam : Uitgeverij 010, 2001.

Description:

846 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 825-846).
Introduction -- Fifty years of the 'Exposition des produits de l'industrie Franc̦aise (1798-1849) -- The 'Great exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations' (1849-1851-1852) -- The 'Exposition universelle et internationale' in Paris (1863-1867-1872) -- The 'Exposition universelle et internationale de 1900' in Paris (1892-1900-1903) -- New York World's Fair, or 'Building the world of tomorrow' (1935-1939/40-1941) -- Expo '70 in Osaka, or 'Progress and Harmony of Mankind' (1964-1970-1972) -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

9064503834 (pbk.)
9789064503832 (pbk.)

Subject:

Exhibitions History.
Cities and towns Growth.
Architecture and society History.
Exhibitions Social aspects.
Villes Croissance.
Architecture et société Histoire.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
Architecture and society.
Exhibitions.
Wereldtentoonstellingen.

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Added entries:

Socio-historical analysis of world exhibitions as a didactic phenomenon (1798-1851-1970)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218602
Call No.: T395 .W4 2001
Status: Available