All the World's a Fair Visions of Empire at American International Expositions 1876-1916
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Robert 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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780226732404 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Imprint: | The University of Chicago Press |
Pub date: | 01 Oct 1987 |
Edition: | 1 |
DEWEY: | 907.473 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 328 |
Weight: | 540g |
Height: | 155mm |
Width: | 228mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |