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Empress San Francisco : the Pacific Rim, the Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition / Abigail M. Markwyn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markwyn, Abigail M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Group identity.
- Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco--Ethnic identity.
- Chinese Americans.
- Japanese Americans--California--San Francisco--Ethnic identity.
- Japanese Americans.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.).
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (649 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco's particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups ranging from the government of Japan to local labor unions and neighborhood associations, fair organizers generated heated debate and conflict about who and what represented San Francisco, California, and the United States at the world's fair. The PPIE encapsulated the social and political tensions and confli
- Contents:
- The spectacle of the fair
- Uniting San Francisco
- Claiming their place
- Economic partner, exotic other
- Sex and other vices at the fair
- Performing work
- Women take the political stage.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803267824
- 0803267827
- 9780803267817
- 0803267819
- OCLC:
- 886539961
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