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Robert W. Rydell
All the World’s a Fair [EPUB ebook]
Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916

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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 scientific credibility to popular racial attitudes and helped build public support for domestic and foreign policies. Rydell’s lively and thought-provoking study draws on archival records, newspaper and magazine articles, guidebooks, popular novels, and oral histories.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780226923253 ● Publisher University of Chicago Press ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6935124 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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