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Louisiana and the Fair: an exposition of the world, its people and their achievements (Volume VII)

Louisiana and the Fair: an exposition of the world, its people and their achievements (Volume VII)

W. Buel, James

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral World HistoryRegional: South

ISBN10: 938916981X
ISBN13: 9789389169812
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 402
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into the bright, bustling theatre of the World's Fairs, where Louisiana takes its place on a global stage and modern life is put on display. A whole world in print. Volume VII of James W. Buel's monumental illustrated worlds fair book is part travelogue, part record of progress, and part historical exposition anthology. It gathers vivid period reporting on louisiana history and culture alongside portraits of world peoples and customs, the spectacle of exhibitions, and the confident rhetoric of early 1900s America. Expect a richly detailed antiquarian reference volume that speaks to how communities wished to be seen: through agriculture and art, through pageantry and education, through american industry and inventions presented as the future. For local history researchers, the value is in the texture: names, places, displays, and the social attitudes that framed louisiana at worlds fairs. For collectors of vintage books, it offers the charm of victorian illustrated encyclopedias and the satisfying gravitas of worlds fair memorabilia in narrative form. Casual readers will find an armchair tour of pavilions and parades, a panorama of ambition and wonder that still feels immediate. Historically, Buel's work captures the language of boosterism and the reach of exhibition culture at the turn of the century, when fairs were both entertainment and propaganda and a mirror of American modernity. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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