Publisher's Synopsis
World of Fairs continues Robert W. Rydell's unique cultural history-begun in his acclaimed All the World's a Fair-this time focusing on the interwar exhibitions. He shows how the ideas of a few-particularly artists, architects, and scientists-were broadcast to millions, proclaiming the arrival of modern America-a new empire of abundance build on old foundations of inequality.
Rydell revisits several fairs, highlighting the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, the 1933-34 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the 1935-36 San Diego California Pacific Exposition, the 1936 Dallas Texas Centennial Exposition, the 1937 Cleveland Great Lakes and International Exposition, the 1939-40 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition, the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, and the 1958 Brussels Universal Exposition.