Title World's fairs on the eve of war : science, technology, and modernity, 1937-1942 / Robert H. Kargon (Johns Hopkins University), Karen Fiss (California College of the Arts), Morris Low (University of Queensland), and Arthur P. Molella (Smithsonian Institution)

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1. Introduction -- World's Fairs, Modernity, and the Demand for Authenticity -- 2. Modernity a la francaise -- The 1937 Paris Exposition -- 3. Fantasies of Consumption at Schaffendes Volk -- National Socialism and the Four-Year Plan -- 4. Whose Modernity? -- Utopia and Commerce at the 1939 New York World's Fair -- 5. Modernity on Display -- The 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan -- 6. EUR -- Mussolini's Appian Way to Modernity -- 7. Redefining Cultural Conflict -- The First Postwar International Exposition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology. World War, 1939-1945 -- Science. Technology -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century Science -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century World politics -- History -- 20th century Exhibitions -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General. SCIENCE -- General. Exhibitions -- Political aspects Propaganda Science Science -- Political aspects Technology Technology -- Political aspects World politics Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Molella, Arthur P., 1944- author. Low, Morris, author Fiss, Karen, author ISBN 9780822981145 0822981149

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