All the World's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916Robert 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia 1876 The Exposition as a Moral Influence | 9 |
2 The Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 And Was Jerusalem Builded Here? | 38 |
3 The New Orleans Atlanta and Nashville Expositions New Markets New Negroes and a New South | 72 |
Concomitant to Empire | 105 |
5 The PanAmerican Exposition Buffalo Pax 1901 | 126 |
6 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Saint Louis 1904 The Coronation of Civilization | 154 |
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