Format:
1 online resource (421 pages)
Edition:
74th ed.
ISBN:
9781442681507
Content:
The exhibition was one of the great nineteenth-century projects for improving the world. Combining the Victorian virtues of communication, co-operation, and competition, it promised to advertise the choice products of civilization to a receptive public.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Theory of the Exhibition: An Overview -- Part One: Exhibitions in Central Canada -- 2 The Early History of Exhibitions in Canada, 1789-1837 -- 3 Exhibitions as Politics in Central Canada, 1841-1891 -- 4 The Provincial Exhibitions and Economic Development, 1846-1893 -- 5 Exhibition Culture -- Part Two: Canada at the International Exhibitions -- 6 International Exhibitions and Canadian Nationality, 1851-1867 -- 7 Exhibitions in Europe after Confederation and the Commodification of Canada -- 8 Exhibitions in America after Confederation and the Commodification of Everything -- Part Three: Exhibitions and Identities -- 9 Women and the Political Economy of Exhibitions -- 10 Making a Spectacle: Exhibitions of the First Nations -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780802042729
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780802042729
Language:
English
