Ephemeral vistas : the expositions universelles, great exhibitions, and world's fairs, 1851-1939 / Paul Greenhalgh.

Title: 
Ephemeral vistas : the expositions universelles, great exhibitions, and world's fairs, 1851-1939 / Paul Greenhalgh.

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Author/Artist: 
Greenhalgh, Paul.
Publisher: 
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1988.
Description: 
xii, 245 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Exhibitions History.
Trade shows History.
Expositions Histoire.
Bib ID: 
64086
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
T395.G81
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
Crystal Palace: p. 124, 144, 150-153, 158-159.
Contents: 
1. Origins and conceptual development --
2. Funding, politics and society --
3. Imperial display --
4. Human showcases --
5. The national profile --
6. The prefabricated and the mass-produced --
7. Women : exhibited and exhibiting --
8. The fine arts.
ISBN: 
0719022991 : $30.00 (est.)
Series: 
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Studies in imperialism