All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent scientific credibility to popular racial attitudes and helped build public support for domestic and foreign policies. Rydell's lively and thought-provoking study draws on archival records, newspaper and magazine articles, guidebooks, popular novels, and oral histories. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - DarthDeverell - LibraryThingIn All the World’s a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916, Robert W. Rydell argues, “The web of world’s fairs that stretched across the widening economic fault ... Leer comentario completo
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The Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 | 38 |
The New Orleans Atlanta and Nashville Expositions | 72 |
The TransMississippi and International Exposition | 105 |
The PanAmerican Exposition Buffalo | 126 |
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Saint Louis 1904 | 154 |
The Expositions in Portland and Seattle | 184 |
The Expositions in San Francisco and San Diego | 208 |
Notes | 239 |
Bibliography | 293 |
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