"The Spanish Element in Our Nationality" : Spain and America at the World's Fairs and Centennial Celebrations, 1876-1915 / / M. Elizabeth Boone

• Autore: Boone Mary Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages :) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 907.4
• Soggetto topico: Exhibitions - History; Art, Spanish - 19th century; Art, Spanish - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Spanish influences
• Soggetto non controllato: America; Latin America; Mexican-Americans; Spain; World's Fairs; expositions; national identity; the United States; transnational studies
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Inventing America at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial -- Defining (and defending) Spain in Barcelona and Paris, 1888 and 1889 -- Marginalizing Spain (and embracing Cuba) at the 1893 Columbian Exposition -- Reasserting Spain in America at the 1910 centennial exhibitions -- Using Spain to ignore Mexicans at the 1915 California fairs.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Uses Spanish participation at a series of international exhibitions to explore the transnational histories of Spain, the United States, Europe, and America in order to understand how and why the Spanishness of U.S. national identity has been subverted, marginalized, and largely forgotten"--
• Titolo autorizzato: "The Spanish Element in Our Nationality"
• ISBN: 0-271-08526-6; 0-271-08524-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793945103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II