All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876–1916
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.
Details
Storage location
Keywords
Authors
Type
Place of publication
Chicago, Illinois
Publisher
Year
1984
Number of pages
328 pages
Language
ISBN
9780226732404
Open stacks or available on request
Open stacks
Illustrations
Yes
Bibliography
Yes
UDC code and author sign
707.41 Ryd
Volumes
1
Related publications
- Основы музееведения2010
- Музей будущего: информационный менеджмент2001
- Метаболический музей2021
- Museums after modernism: strategies of engagement2007
- Вартбург — Айзенах — Эрфурт — Ваймар1995
- Curatorial Activism2018
- Культура кураторства и кураторство культур(ы)2015
- Show Time. The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art2014
- Musей: от экспоната до национальной галереи2008
- Стокгольм и его музеи1995
- Справочник куратора: музеи, галереи, независимые пространства2017
- Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums2018