Health and medicine on display : international expositions in the United States, 1876-1904 / Julie K. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Julie K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--United States--History--Exhibitions.

Public health.

Medicine--United States--History--Exhibitions.

Medicine.

Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century.

Exhibitions.

Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work offers a book-length examination of how international expositions, through their exhibits and infrastructures, sought to demonstrate innovations in applied health and medical practice.

Contents:

Exposition infrastructure and exhibition display : an introduction

Judging the progress of sanitary science : the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition

Preventing fear and panic : the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition

Occupying a vast camp : the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition

Making a solemn protest : site and services at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Presentations for the public eye : exhibits and exhibitors at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-69433-2

9786612694332

0-262-25863-3

OCLC:

459794756