Empress San Francisco : The Pacific Rim, the Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition /

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When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco's particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups rangi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Markwyn, Abigail M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Social conditions.
Moral conditions.
Manners and customs.
Japanese Americans > Ethnic identity.
Group identity.
Ethnic relations.
Chinese Americans > Ethnic identity.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > Study & Teaching.
Femmes > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales.
Americains d'origine japonaise > Identite ethnique > Californie > San Francisco.
Americains d'origine chinoise > Identite ethnique > Californie > San Francisco.
Identite collective > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Women > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Japanese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
Group identity > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century.
California > San Francisco Bay Area.
California > San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Social life and customs.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Moral conditions.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco's particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups ranging from the government of Japan to local labor unions and neighborhood associations, fair organizers generated heated debate and conflict about who and what represented San Francisco, California, and the United States at the world's fair. The PPIE encapsulated the social and political tensions and confli.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780803267817

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