02676nam 2200661Ia 450 991082750660332120200520144314.01-283-63657-30-8263-5042-9(CKB)2550000000064389(EBL)1118946(OCoLC)817819293(SSID)ssj0000535177(PQKBManifestationID)11344892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535177(PQKBWorkID)10520167(PQKB)11455102(OCoLC)769189774(MdBmJHUP)muse4769(Au-PeEL)EBL1118946(CaPaEBR)ebr10511578(CaONFJC)MIL394903(MiAaPQ)EBC1118946(EXLCZ)99255000000006438920110325d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrColorado goes to the fair World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 /Duane A. Smith, Karen A. Vendl, Mark A. Vendl1st ed.Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press20111 online resource (146 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8263-5041-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.ExhibitionsSocial aspectsColoradoHistory19th centurySocial changeColoradoHistory19th centuryColoradoHistory1876-1950ColoradoSocial conditions19th centuryColoradoEconomic conditions19th centuryExhibitionsSocial aspectsHistorySocial changeHistory907.4/77311907.477311Smith Duane A1596130Vendl Karen A1596131Vendl Mark A1596132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827506603321Colorado goes to the fair3917361UNINA