The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : a century of progress / Cheryl R. Ganz.
Ganz, Cheryl.
2008
T501.B1 G356 2008 (Mapit)
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Title The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : a century of progress / Cheryl R. Ganz.
Author Ganz, Cheryl.
ISBN 9780252033575 (alk. paper)
0252033574 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xi, 206 p., [46] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm.
Call Number T501.B1 G356 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 907.4/77311
Summary "Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fair organizers used the very idea of progress to buoy national optimism during the Depression's darkest years. Fair organizers, together with corporate leaders, believed that progress rides on the tide of technological innovation and consumerism." "But not all those who struggled for a voice at Chicago's 1933 exposition had abandoned the traditional notions of progress that entailed social justice and equality, recognition of ethnic and gender-related accomplishments, and personal freedom and expression." "In this engaging social and cultural history, Cheryl R. Ganz examines Chicago's second world's fair through the lenses of technology, ethnicity, and gender."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Women's spaces at the fair
African Americans and the Du Sable legacy
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Aviation, nationalism, and progress.

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