All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916 by Rydell, Robert W.

All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226732404)

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All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916 by Rydell, Robert W.

All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916

$34.00
All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916 by Rydell, Robert W.

All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916

$34.00
Format: Paperback
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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.


Author: Robert W. Rydell
ISBN-10: 0226732401
ISBN-13: 9780226732404
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1987
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.00w x 1.00d
By Robert W. Rydell
By Robert W. Rydell
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Robert W. Rydell is professor of history at Montana State University and served as John Adams Professor of American Civilization at the University of Amsterdam.

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