World Fairs and Other Spectacles
Prerequisites: History 428 or equivalent or permission of the department.
An examination into the commercial, political and cultural dimensions of
mass-attended spectacles in the modern world with special focus on the relations
between developed and underdeveloped peoples, both indigenous and foreign. The
seminar is built around readings of slected books and articles and writing a
research paper on a topic worked out with the instructor. The paper topic may be
chosen in Third World, European or American fields.
Resources:
THE DONALD G. LARSON COLLECTION ON INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS, 1851-1940
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