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Empire on display : San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 / Sarah J. Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Sarah J., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.).
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
- Civil engineering--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil engineering.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- 1 Redefining the Frontier in Post-Turnerian America: Turn-of-the-Century World's Fairs and the War of 1898 15
- 2 Realizing the Centuries-Old Imperial Fantasy: A Manly Nation Builds the Panama Canal 43
- 3 Rebuilding the City of Dreams: From Calamity to the World's Greatest Exposition 71
- 4 Naturalizing Progress and Territorial Expansion at the Golden Gate: An Overview of the Exposition 97
- 5 From Wilderness to Tourist Site: Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon as Dress Rehearsals for Imperialism 141
- 6 The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules: Celebrating the Erotic Embrace of the Seas 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806143484
- 0806143487
- OCLC:
- 814707461
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