World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions

by Robert W. Rydell

Book Overview

In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly one hundred million people visited expositions celebrating the "century of progress." These fairs fired the national imagination and served as cultural icons on which Americans fixed their hopes for prosperity and power.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226732371
• ISBN13: 9780226732374
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"