Title Empress San Francisco : the Pacific Rim, the Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition / Abigail M. Markwyn

Published Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) : illustrations Contents The spectacle of the fair -- Uniting San Francisco -- Claiming their place -- Economic partner, exotic other -- Sex and other vices at the fair -- Performing work -- Women take the political stage Summary When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco's particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups ranging from the government of Japan to local labor unions and neighborhood associations, fair organizers generated heated debate and conflict about who and what represented San Francisco, California, and the United States at the world's fair. The PPIE encapsulated the social and political tensions and confli Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50080906 Panama-Pacific International Exposition fast Subject Group identity -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity Japanese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Ethnic identity Women -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions HISTORY -- Study & Teaching. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity Ethnic relations Group identity Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity Manners and customs Moral conditions Women -- Social conditions SUBJECT San Francisco (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations San Francisco (Calif.) -- Moral conditions San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social life and customs Subject California -- San Francisco California -- San Francisco Bay Area Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803267817 0803267819 9780803267824 0803267827

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