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World of Fairs
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Robert W. Rydell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-11 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly one hundred million people visited expositions celebrating the "century of pro
Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: John E. Findling
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: McFarland

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This encyclopedia contains individual histories of each of the nearly 100 World's Fairs and expositions held in more than 20 countries since 1851. This revised
All the World's a Fair
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Robert W. Rydell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-16 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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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
Trade Shows in the Globalizing Knowledge Economy
Language: en
Pages: 343
Authors: Harald Bathelt
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This book presents a radically innovative view on trade shows as knowledge-rich places, where firms learn through observation and interaction with other economi
World's Fairs on the Eve of War
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Robert H. Kargon
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-11 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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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 natio