World's Fairs in a Southern Accent : Atlanta, Nashville, and Charleston, 1895-1902 /

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The South was no stranger to world & rsquo;s fairs prior to the end of the nineteenth century. Atlanta first hosted a fair in the 1880s, as did New Orleans and Louisville, but after the 1893 World & rsquo;s Columbian Exposition in Chicago drew comparisons to the great exhibitions of Victoria...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harvey, Bruce G. (Bruce Gordon), 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Exhibitions.
HISTORY > Study & Teaching.
HISTORY > General.
Exhibitions > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Exhibitions > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why would Southern urban leaders want to create world's fairs?
  • Local issues and private money
  • Broader issues : international, federal, state, and local money
  • Designing the look of the expositions : architecture, landscape, sculpture
  • Opening the expositions
  • Commercial and government exhibits
  • Noncommercial exhibits
  • National unity and Southern profit at the special "days"
  • The woman's departments
  • The negro departments
  • Wrapping up the fairs.

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