The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : a century of progress / Cheryl R. Ganz.

The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : a century of progress / Cheryl R. Ganz.

9780252033575 (alk. paper)
0252033574 (alk. paper)

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]

©2008

English

xi, 206 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm

T501.B1 G356 2008

907.4/77311

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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