Ephemeral Vistas: The Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions, and World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780719022999 (0719022991)
Publish date: May 28th 1988
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
So these were like the Olympics, but even bigger, (several early Olympics were actually sideshows in World Fairs. So was the Second Internationale, at one point.) But instead of showing off just their athletes, countries would come on down and show ALL OF THEIR STUFF. ALL of it. Cheese, chairs, art,...