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338 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226732404
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: Not specified
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Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but e...
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338 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226732404
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but e...