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Buffalo Bill in Bologna
The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922
Av Robert W. Rydell, Rob Kroes
Häftad, 2012
287 kr
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"Buffalo Bill in Bologna" reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. In fact, by the end of World War I, the United States already boasted an advanced network of culture industries that served to promote …
World of Fairs
The Century-of-Progress Expositions
Häftad, 1993
374 kr
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In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly 100 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. In …
All the World's a Fair
Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916
Häftad, 1987
348 kr
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Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent …
Buffalo Bill in Bologna
The Americanization of the World, 1869-1922
Av Robert W. Rydell, Rob Kroes
Inbunden, 2005
436 kr
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When it comes to the production and distribution of mass culture, no country in modern times has come close to rivaling the success of America. From blue jeans in central Europe to Elvis Presley's face on a Republic of Chad postage stamp, the reach of American mass culture extends into every corner …
Fair America
World''s Fairs in the United States
Av Kimberly Pelle, John E. Findling m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
183 kr
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Since their inception with New York''s Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world''s fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, …
Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s
Av Laura B. Schiavo, Robert W. Rydell
Inbunden
588 kr
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