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Autore |
Kargon Robert H (Robert Hugh) |
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World's fairs on the eve of war : science, technology, and modernity, 1937-1942 / / Robert H. Kargon [and three others] |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exhibitions - Political aspects - History - 20th century |
World politics - History - 20th century |
Science - Political aspects - History - 20th century |
Technology - Political aspects - History - 20th century |
World War, 1939-1945 - Science |
World War, 1939-1945 - Technology |
World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: World's Fairs, Modernity, and the Demand for Authenticity; 2. Modernity à la française: The 1937 Paris Exposition; 3. Fantasies of Consumption at Schaffendes Volk: National Socialism and the Four-Year Plan; 4. Whose Modernity?: Utopia and Commerce at the 1939 New York World's Fair; 5. Modernity on Display: The 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan; 6. EUR: Mussolini's Appian Way to Modernity; 7. Redefining Cultural Conflict: The First Postwar International Exposition; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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