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Envisioning the Nation
Astrid Boger
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Description for Envisioning the Nation
Paperback. The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. This title shows that at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 23. .
The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. But as Astrid Boger shows in "Envisioning the Nation", at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history from an American point of view and thus laying the groundwork for American dominance in the twentieth century. Drawing on studies of the fairs' sites, architecture, and scientific and cultural displays, as well as contemporaneous literary works that dealt with the fairs, Boger paints a richly ... Read more
The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. But as Astrid Boger shows in "Envisioning the Nation", at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history from an American point of view and thus laying the groundwork for American dominance in the twentieth century. Drawing on studies of the fairs' sites, architecture, and scientific and cultural displays, as well as contemporaneous literary works that dealt with the fairs, Boger paints a richly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593387901
SKU
V9783593387901
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99-15
About Astrid Boger
Astrid Boger is professor of American literature and culture at the University of Hamburg.
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