Anthropology Goes to the Fair: The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition

by Nancy J. Parezo and Don D. Fowler

Book Overview

World's fairs and industrial expositions constituted a phenomenally successful popular culture movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the newest technological innovations, each exposition showcased commercial and cultural exhibits, entertainment concessions, national and corporate displays of wealth, and indigenous peoples from the colonial empires of the host country. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803227965
• ISBN13: 9780803227965
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"