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Disposing of modernity : the archaeology of garbage and consumerism during Chicago's 1893 World's Fair / Rebecca S. Graff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graff, Rebecca S., author.
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--History.
- World's Columbian Exposition.
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Exhibitions.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021..
- Summary:
- Through archaeological and archival research from sites associated with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 'Disposing of Modernity' explores the changing world of urban America at the turn of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Vanishing Fair and the Enduring Home
- Situating the Sites in Chicago: Elite Networks and Archaeology
- Temporalities as Ideologies
- Domesticity and Social Life
- Consumption and Conspicuous Disposal
- Conclusion: At the Center of the World, Again
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-7553-X
- 0-8130-5870-8
- 0-8130-5755-8
- OCLC:
- 1140356702
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