Harriet Atkinson was educated at the University of York, the Courtauld Institute and the Royal College of Art. She was co-editor of The Banham Lectures, and contributor to Findling & Pelle's Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. She has written for various journals of art and design, as well as for The Guardian and The Independent. She is Research Fellow at the University of Brighton and lives in London with her husband and two children.

• ContentsForeword by Mary BanhamNotes and abbreviationsA brief introduction to the major Festival exhibitionsIntroduction'It was nice, wasn't it'Chapter 1.'This Festival of ours is a deadly serious affair'Chapter 2. Towards a Festival Exhibition StyleChapter 3.'A constellation of events'Chapter 4. 'All through the land'/ Exhibiting The Land and People of BritainChapter 5.'Spontaneous expressions of citizenship'/ Exhibiting People at WorkChapter 6.'An essential ingredient of democracy'/ Exhibiting the English LanguageChapter 7. 'From the planning of the kitchen to the planning of the nation'/ Exhibiting Homes and NeighbourhoodsChapter 8.'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye'Postscript60 Years After '51AcknowledgementsIllustration creditsCaptions Select BibliographyIndex

Harriet Atkinson was educated at the University of York, the Courtauld Institute and the Royal College of Art. She was co-editor of The Banham Lectures, and contributor to Findling & Pelle's Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. She has written for various journals of art and design, as well as for The Guardian and The Independent. She is Research Fellow at the University of Brighton and lives in London with her husband and two children.

• ContentsForeword by Mary BanhamNotes and abbreviationsA brief introduction to the major Festival exhibitionsIntroduction'It was nice, wasn't it'Chapter 1.'This Festival of ours is a deadly serious affair'Chapter 2. Towards a Festival Exhibition StyleChapter 3.'A constellation of events'Chapter 4. 'All through the land'/ Exhibiting The Land and People of BritainChapter 5.'Spontaneous expressions of citizenship'/ Exhibiting People at WorkChapter 6.'An essential ingredient of democracy'/ Exhibiting the English LanguageChapter 7. 'From the planning of the kitchen to the planning of the nation'/ Exhibiting Homes and NeighbourhoodsChapter 8.'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye'Postscript60 Years After '51AcknowledgementsIllustration creditsCaptions Select BibliographyIndex

Harriet Atkinson was educated at the University of York, the Courtauld Institute and the Royal College of Art. She was co-editor of The Banham Lectures, and contributor to Findling & Pelle's Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. She has written for various journals of art and design, as well as for The Guardian and The Independent. She is Research Fellow at the University of Brighton and lives in London with her husband and two children.

• ContentsForeword by Mary BanhamNotes and abbreviationsA brief introduction to the major Festival exhibitionsIntroduction'It was nice, wasn't it'Chapter 1.'This Festival of ours is a deadly serious affair'Chapter 2. Towards a Festival Exhibition StyleChapter 3.'A constellation of events'Chapter 4. 'All through the land'/ Exhibiting The Land and People of BritainChapter 5.'Spontaneous expressions of citizenship'/ Exhibiting People at WorkChapter 6.'An essential ingredient of democracy'/ Exhibiting the English LanguageChapter 7. 'From the planning of the kitchen to the planning of the nation'/ Exhibiting Homes and NeighbourhoodsChapter 8.'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye'Postscript60 Years After '51AcknowledgementsIllustration creditsCaptions Select BibliographyIndex