Whose Fair?

Name: Whose Fair?
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226293103
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Experience, Memory, and the History of the Great St. Louis Exposition

Autor: James Gilbert

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Editura: The University of Chicago Press

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The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was a major event in early twentieth-century America. Attracting mil...

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Autor

James Gilbert

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2010

Pagini

240

EAN

9780226293103

ISBN

0226293106

Enbook ID

04545122

Editura

The University of Chicago Press

Greutate

476

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 23

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The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was a major event in early twentieth-century America. Attracting millions of tourists, it exemplified the Victorian predilection for public spectacle. The Fair has long served as a touchstone for historians interested in American culture prior to World War I and has endured in the memories of generations of St. Louis residents and visitors. In "Whose Fair?" James Gilbert asks: what can we learn about the lived experience of fairgoers when we compare historical accounts, individual and collective memories, and artifacts from the event? Exploring these differing, at times competing, versions of history and memory prompts Gilbert to dig through a rich trove of archival material. He examines the papers of David Francis, the Fair's president and subsequent chief archivist; guidebooks and other official publications; the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis"; diaries, oral histories, and other personal accounts; and a collection of striking photographs. From this dazzling array of sources, Gilbert paints a lively picture of how fairgoers spent their time, while also probing the ways history and memory can complement each other.

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