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World's Fairs on the Eve of War: Science, Technology, and Modernity, 19371942
Robert Kargon
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Description for World's Fairs on the Eve of War: Science, Technology, and Modernity, 19371942
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kargon, Robert H.; Fiss, Karen; Low, Morris; Molella, Arthur P. Num Pages: 232 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Since the first world's fair in London in 1851, at the dawn of the era of industrialization, international expositions served as ideal platforms for rival nations to showcase their advancements in design, architecture, science and technology, industry, and politics. Before the outbreak of World War II, countries competing for leadership on the world stage waged a different kind of war--with cultural achievements and propaganda--appealing to their own national strengths and versions of modernity in the struggle for power. Most of the existing literature about world's fairs tends to focus either on one particular event, or only on fairs in the ... Read more
Since the first world's fair in London in 1851, at the dawn of the era of industrialization, international expositions served as ideal platforms for rival nations to showcase their advancements in design, architecture, science and technology, industry, and politics. Before the outbreak of World War II, countries competing for leadership on the world stage waged a different kind of war--with cultural achievements and propaganda--appealing to their own national strengths and versions of modernity in the struggle for power. Most of the existing literature about world's fairs tends to focus either on one particular event, or only on fairs in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822944447
SKU
V9780822944447
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About Robert Kargon
Karen Fiss is professor of visual studies and design at California College of the Arts. Morris Low is associate professor of Japanese history at University of Queensland, Australia. Arthur P. Molella is director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian Institution.
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