Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940 : Great Exhibitions in the Margins
Title:
Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940 : Great Exhibitions in the Margins
Author:
Filipova, Marta, editor.
ISBN:
9781138575080
Publication Information:
London : Routledge, 2020.
Physical Description:
xvi, 358 pages : illustrations black and white ; 25 cm
General Note:
| Originally published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing. |
Contents:
Chapter Introduction: The Margins of Exhibitions and Exhibitions Studies / part EXHIBITION AS A CONCEPT -- chapter 1 A Capital in the Margins: Concepts for a Budapest Universal Exhibition between 1867 and 1917 -- chapter 2 Barcelona's Universal Exhibition of 1888: An Atypical Case of a Great Exhibition -- chapter 3 A Marginal Exhibition? The All-German Exhibition in Berlin, 1844 -- part CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES -- chapter 4 'Witness to the Momentous Significance of German Labour in Bohemia': Exhibitions in the German-Speaking Regions of Bohemia before the First World War -- chapter 5 The Nation for Itself: The 1896 Hungarian Millennium and the 1906 Romanian National General Exhibition -- chapter 6 The Forefront of English Commercial Centres: Wolverhampton's Exhibitions of 1869 and 1902 -- part HISTORICITY AND MODERNITY -- chapter 7 Nature and the Brazilian State at the Independence Centennial International Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, 1922 -- chapter 8 The Ghent Universal and International Exhibition of 1913: Reconciling Historicism, Modernity and Exoticism -- chapter 9 Old London, Old Edinburgh: Constructing Historic Cities / part ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITED -- chapter 10 A Red-Letter Day: Evaluating Progress in New Zealand's Art at Dunedin's International Exhibitions, 1865 and 1889 / chapter 11 International Exhibitions and Urban Aspirations: Launceston, Tasmania, in the Nineteenth Century / chapter 12 'Urbi et Orbi': Decentralization and Design in Nancy's International Exposition of Eastern France, 1909 / part INTERNATIONAL AMBITIONS -- chapter 13 Merging Peripheries and Centres: The Transnational Interconnectedness of the Helsinki National Exhibition of 1876 / chapter 14 The Last Exhibition of the Italian Colonial Empire: Naples 1938-40 / chapter 15 International Ambitions of an Exhibition at the Margin: Japan's 1903 Osaka Exposition
Abstract:
Beyond the great exhibitions, expositions universelles and world fairs in London, Paris or Chicago, numerous smaller, yet ambitious exhibitions took place in provincial cities and towns across the world. Focusing on the period between 1840 and 1940, this volume takes a novel look at the exhibitionary cultures of this period and examines the motivations, scope, and impact of lesser-known exhibitions in, for example, Australia, Japan, Brazil, as well as a number of European countries. The individual case studies included explore the role of these exhibitions in the global exhibitionary network and consider their 'marginality' related to their location and omission by academic research so far. The chapters also highlight a number of important issues from regional or national identities, the role of modernisation and tradition, to the relationship between capital cities and provincial towns present in these exhibitions. They also address the key topic of colonial exhibitions as well as the displays of arts and design in the context of the so-called marginal fairs. Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940: Great Exhibitions in the Margins therefore opens up new angles in the way the global phenomenon of a great exhibition can be examined through the prism of the regional, and will make a vital contribution to those interested in exhibition studies and related fields.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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