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World's fairs on the eve of war : science technology & modernity, 1937-1942 / Robert H. Kargon, Johns Hopkins Univ., Karen Fiss, Calif. College of the Arts, Morris Low, Univ. of Queensland, Arthur P. Molella, Smithsonian Institution

Catalog Data

Author:
Kargon, Robert H (Robert Hugh)  Search this
Fiss, Karen  Search this
Low, Morris  Search this
Molella, Arthur P. 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 206 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2015
20th century
Contents:
Introduction: World's Fairs, modernity, and the demand for authenticity -- Modernity à la française : the 1937 Paris Exposition -- Fantasies of consumption at Schaffendes Volk : National Socialism and the four-year plan -- Whose modernity? : utopia and commerce at the 1939 New York World's Fair -- Modernity on display : the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan -- EUR : Mussolini's Appian way to modernity -- Redefining cultural conflict : the first postwar international exposition
Topic:
Exhibitions--Political aspects--History  Search this
World politics--History  Search this
Science--Political aspects--History  Search this
Technology--Political aspects--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Science  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Technology  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078818