Health and Medicine on Display: International Expositions in the United States, 1876-1904

by Julie K. Brown

How international expositions, through their exhibits and infrastructures, attempted to increase public awareness of advances in health and medicine.

International expositions, with their massive assembling of exhibits and audiences, were the media events of their time. In transmitting a new culture of visibility that merged information, entertainment, and commerce, they provided a unique opportunity for the public to become aware...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262026570
• ISBN13: 9780262026574
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher