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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781452203321

Autore

Smith Duane A

Titolo

Colorado goes to the fair [[electronic resource] ] : World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 / / Duane A. Smith, Karen A. Vendl, Mark A. Vendl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-63657-3

0-8263-5042-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VendlKaren A

VendlMark A

Disciplina

907.4/77311

907.477311

Soggetti

Exhibitions - Social aspects - Colorado - History - 19th century

Social change - Colorado - History - 19th century

Colorado History 1876-1950

Colorado Social conditions 19th century

Colorado Economic conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: You must see this fair -- Prologue: Metropolis of the West -- The fair comes to Chicago -- Come, come, come to the fair : World's Columbian Exposition -- Surprise to the world -- Not matter, but mind; not things, but men -- Temptations galore -- Coloradans go to the fair : their experiences and opinions -- Epilogue: The glory and the reality -- Appendix: Colorado exhibits receiving awards.

Sommario/riassunto

In this heavily illustrated text, the authors trace the glory of the World's Fair and the impact it would have on Colorado, where Gilded Age excess clashed with the enthusiasm of westward expansion.