Ephemeral city : a people's history of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair / Lindsay Fullerton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fullerton, Lindsay (Ph. D.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--History--20th century.

Technological innovations.

Progress.

Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.).

Century of Progress International Exposition.

Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875-.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

xi, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

People's history of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Less celebrated than the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition brought visitors face-to-face with gleaming American consumerism in the midst of the Great Depression. Lindsay Fullerton draws on a wealth of personal photographs, scrapbooks, oral histories, and writings to illuminate the wildly different experiences of fairgoers against the backdrop of a city steeped in poverty and segregation. The Exposition took place amidst massive changes sparked by expansion of mass media, Franklin Roosevelt's election, the repeal of Prohibition, and the Great Migration. A diverse cross-section of Chicagoans informs Fullerton's history of the event in the context of the fast-changing America of the interwar era. These personal accounts tell stories of how attendees interpreted their own experiences while being surrounded by whiz-bang products and full-throated evangelism on the benefits of progress. A colorful people's history, Ephemeral City takes readers inside the other Chicago World's Fair and how visitors interacted with a pivotal moment in American history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A century in the making

A century of Chicago

A century of money

A century of science and technology

A new century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fullerton, Lindsay (PhD). Ephemeral city

ISBN:

9780252046438

0252046439

9780252088520

0252088522

OCLC:

1463357713

Publisher Number:

90101641913