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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Markwyn, Abigail M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Panama-Pacific International Exposition > (1915 : > San Francisco, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
1900-1999
Group identity > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century.
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
Japanese Americans > California > San Francisco > Ethnic identity.
Women > California > San Francisco > Social conditions.
Identité collective > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Identité ethnique > Californie > San Francisco.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Identité ethnique > Californie > San Francisco.
Femmes > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Study & Teaching.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Chinese Americans > Ethnic identity
Ethnic relations
Group identity
Japanese Americans > Ethnic identity
Manners and customs
Moral conditions
Women > Social conditions
San Francisco (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Moral conditions.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Social life and customs.
San Francisco, Région de la baie de (Calif.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
California > San Francisco
California > San Francisco Bay Area
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The spectacle of the fair
  • Uniting San Francisco
  • Claiming their place
  • Economic partner, exotic other
  • Sex and other vices at the fair
  • Performing work
  • Women take the political stage.

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