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Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe

Title
Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe / Alexander C.T. Geppert.
Author
Geppert, Alexander C. T., 1970-
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description
xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900"--
Alternative Title
Imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-383) and index.
Contents
Introduction : how to read an exposition -- Berlin 1896 : Wilhelm II, Georg Simmel, and the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung -- Paris 1900 : the Exposition universelle as a Century's Protean Synthesis -- London 1908: Imre Kiralfy and the Franco-British Exhibition -- Wembley 1924 : the British Empire Exhibition as a Suburban Metropolis -- Vincennes 1931 : the Exposition coloniale as the Apotheosis of Imperial Modernity -- Conclusion : Exhibition Fatigue, or the rise and fall of a mass medium -- Coda : pictures at an exhibition.
Call Number
JFE 15-7041
ISBN
  • 9780230221642
  • 0230221645
LCCN
  • 2010012004
  • 40018842840
OCLC
308174810
Author
Geppert, Alexander C. T., 1970-
Title
Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe / Alexander C.T. Geppert.
Imprint
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-383) and index.
Indexed Term
Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
British Empire Exhibition // Wembley, England) (1924
Cities and towns Europe History 20th century
Civilization, Modern
Europe Civilization 20th century
Exhibitions Europe History
Exhibitions Social aspects Europe History
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 // (Paris, France)
Franco-British Exhibition // London, England) (1908
Other Standard Identifier
40018842840
Research Call Number
JFE 15-7041
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