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Whose fair? : experience, memory, and the history of the great St. Louis Exposition

Author: James Burkhart Gilbert
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair was a major event in early twentieth-century America. This title asks: what can we learn about the lived experience of fairgoers when we compare historical accounts,  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Gilbert, James Burkhart.
Whose fair?
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009
(DLC) 2009003105
(OCoLC)303882719
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: James Burkhart Gilbert
ISBN: 9780226293127 0226293122
OCLC Number: 592756272
Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 p.)
Contents: Fair itineraries: experience, memory, and the history of the fair --
Making history --
Making memories --
Making images --
Mrs. Wilkins dances --
The beholder's eye: making experience --
Making identities.
Responsibility: James Gilbert.
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"Once again James Gilbert has combined imaginative archival work with a keen and probing intellect to produce an exemplary piece of cultural history. "Whose Fair?" offers unexpected research Read more...

 
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