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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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Details
- 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
- Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France)
- Europa
- Franco-British Exhibition // London, England) > (1908
- Civilization, Modern
- Europe > Civilization > 20th century
- Exhibitions > Social aspects > Europe > History
- Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung > (1896)
- British Empire Exhibition (1924-1925 : Wembley, London, England)
- Cities and towns > Europe > History > 20th century
- Imperialismus
- Exhibitions > Europe > History
- Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 // (Paris, France)
- British Empire Exhibition // Wembley, England) > (1924
- Franco-British Exhibition (1908 : London, England)
- Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris > (1931)
- Ausstellung > Europa > Geschichte 19. Jh
- Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
- Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
- Ausstellung > Europa > Geschichte 20. Jh
- Weltausstellung
- 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) (1924Cities and towns Europe History 20th centuryCivilization, ModernEurope Civilization 20th centuryExhibitions Europe HistoryExhibitions Social aspects Europe HistoryExposition 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