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Empire on display : San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 / Sarah J. Moore.
Author
Moore, Sarah J., 1956-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2013]
©2013
Description
xii, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
TC781.B1 M66 2013
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Civil engineering
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United States
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History
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20th century
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United States
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Politics and government
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 San Francisco, Calif.)
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Summary note
The world's fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. The exposition spotlighted the canal and the city as gateways to the Pacific, where the American empire could now expand after its victory in the Spanish-American War. Empire on Display is the first book to examine the Panama-Pacific International Exposition through the lenses of art history and cultural studies, focusing on the event's expansionist and masculinist symbolism. The exposition displayed evidence visual, spatial, geographic, cartographic, and ideological of America's imperial ambitions and accomplishments. Representations of the Panama Canal play a central role in Moore's argument, much as they did at the fair itself. Embodying a manly empire of global dimensions, the canal was depicted in statues and a gigantic working replica, as well as on commemorative stamps, maps, murals, postcards, medals, and advertisements. Just as San Francisco's rebuilding symbolized America's will to overcome the forces of nature, the Panama Canal represented the triumph of U.S. technology and sheer determination to realize the centuries-old dream of opening a passage between the seas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. "Stern men with empire in their brains"
Redefining the frontier in post-Turnerian America : turn-of-the-century World's Fairs and the War of 1898
Realizing the centuries-old imperial fantasy : a manly nation builds the Panama Canal
Rebuilding the City of Dreams : from calamity to the World's Greatest Exposition
Naturalizing progress and territorial expansion at the Golden Gate : an overview of the Exposition
From wilderness to tourist site : Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon as dress rehearsals for imperialism
The thirteenth labor of Hercules : celebrating the erotic embrace of the seas
Conclusion. Re-creating the world in gigantic miniature.
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ISBN
9780806143484 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0806143487 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2012037471
OCLC
814707461
Other standard number
40022472197
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