The books of the fairs : materials about world's fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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The books of the fairs : materials about world's fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
(Smithsonian Institution Libraries research guide, no. 6)
American Library Association, 1992
Available at 17 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The wealth of information in this collection should be mined for generations by social scientists and historians of science, technology, and industry. It not only introduces the literature to the scholar, but provides a guide to a varied range of exposition publications. Commission reports, catalogues, scholarly studies, guides, photograph albums, art books, manuscripts, and other primary sources document the great international exhibitions held between the 1840s and World War I, as well as regional and local exhibitions that were stimulated by them. Dr Rydell opens with an introduction that places the development of world's fairs in an historical context, arranges thematically the scholarly literature on world's fairs, and describes the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' (SIL) collections of world's fairs. The second half of the book contains an annotated bibliography of the nearly 1700 titles that make up the holdings at the SIL. The book serves also as a guided to the microfilm collection published by Research Publications, Inc. under the same name. Most listings include a microfilm number, allowing for the first time selective borrowing of the material from the microfilm set.
Numerous illustrations preserve the appearance and flavour of many artifacts of early industral technology. These pictures are in themselves valuable documentation of the 19th century's romance with technology. Along with a scholarly text, the illustrations should make this work a treasure trove for all readers.
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