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1 online resource (xv, 381 pages) : illustrations |
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Ebsco e-books
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1: America on the Eve of Celebration; 2: Chicago; 3: The Greatest Fair in History; 4: A World's Fair of the Arts; 5: Exhibits, Pastimes, & Pleasures; 6: The World's Congress Auxiliary; 7: Visions of the Celestial City; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
In 1893, the year that marked the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Columbus in the New World, Chicago was host to an exposition to mark the occasion. Although the World's Columbian Exposition was the fifteenth world's fair, it was of vastly greater scope than any of its predecessors. Chicago created a veritable new city. It was not only larger than any previous exposition but also more elaborately designed, more precisely laid out, more fully realized, and more prophetic. It was the first exposition truly to solicit the participation of the entire world. In this study of the White C |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Weltausstellung (1893) swd |
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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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World's Columbian Exposition fast |
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Weltausstellung 1893 Chicago, Ill. gnd |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Entdeckung Amerikas -- Jubiläum 1892
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Chicago, Ill.
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Amerika -- Entdeckung -- Jubiläum (1892)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813150475 |
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0813150477 |
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9780813113319 |
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0813113318 |
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0813101409 |
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9780813101408 |
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