Becky E. Conekin is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the London College of Fashion, The London Institute

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• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsSection 1: Introducing the Festival1. The Background: history and historiography2. The Festival’s People and PurposesSection 2: Time3. The Festival’s representations of the future4. The Festival’s representations of the pastSection 3: Place5. London-based representations of the metropole and the ‘regions’6. The role of ‘the local’ in the Festival7. The place that was almost absent: the British Empire8. The place of escape and edification: the Battersea Pleasure GardensSection 4: Conclusion9. Conclusion: The Festival and its legacySelect BibliographyAppendicesIndex