Main entry:

Böger, Astrid, 1967-

Title & Author:

Envisioning the nation : the early American world's fairs and the formation of culture / Astrid Böger.

Publication:

Frankfurt ; New York : Campus, ©2010.

Description:

321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-306) and index.
Introduction : the early American worlds fairs as sites of culture formation -- This is America : the 1863 Exhibition of the Industries of all Nations in New York -- A nation under reconstruction : the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia -- Making progress : the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago -- Contested terrain : the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis -- New horizons : the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

Summary:

Although designed to showcase world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation, the world expositions of the 19th and early 20th centuries also promoted American nationalism and exceptionalism, recasting world history from an American point of view.

ISBN:

9783593387901
3593387905

Subject:

Exhibitions United States History.
Trade shows United States History.
National characteristics, American.
Salons professionnels États-Unis Histoire.
Civilization.
Exhibitions.
Trade shows.
Wereldtentoonstellingen.
Nationalisme.
Expositions internationales États-Unis 19e siècle.
United States Civilization.
États-Unis Civilisation.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
États-Unis 1865-1921.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273147
Call No.: T395.5.U6 B6 2010
Status: Available