Celebrating the New World
by Muccigrosso, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1566630134
- ISBN 13
- 9781566630139
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1566630134 . Clean, no marking, worn edges & cover. B/W Photos. Maps. Publisher Weekly Acknowledging that recent views of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago deem it an exercise in racism, class and gender domination, social control and cultural regression, Muccigrosso ( American Gothic ) argues for a more nuanced interpretation in this lucid, informative book. After exploring the culture of 19th-century world's fairs, and the development of Chicago politically, ethnically and architecturally, he turns to the exposition itself: topics include the controversy of the buildings' neoclassical design, the display of new technology, tension between high and low culture and the mixed references to both wilderness and urban life. The exposition had an important influence on architecture and urban beautification; while its focus marginalized Native Americans and African Americans, Muccigrosso urges an understanding of the event's temporal context. The displays of non-Western cultures and world religions, he writes, showed an urge to transcend geographical limits and create a world's fair. .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003150
- Title
- Celebrating the New World
- Author
- Muccigrosso, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1566630134
- ISBN 13
- 9781566630139
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Colombian History, American History, World Religion, Colombian Exposition, Chicago, Sociology & Culture; History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Political & Social Science;
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