Mystery and Marvel : Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exposition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hepp, John Henry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.).

Centennial Exhibition.

Centennial celebrations, etc.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

United States--Centennial celebrations, etc.

United States.

United States--History--1849-1877.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC, 2024

Summary:

This book explores the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, offering a cultural and social history of America's celebration of technological and industrial progress during the Victorian era. The author examines how the exposition presented modernity through artifacts, architecture, and urban design, revealing the optimism and enthusiasm of the rising middle class. Using diaries, memoirs, photographs, and other historical sources, the study recreates the experience of visitors and contextualizes the fair within broader trends in 19th-century innovation and societal change. Intended for readers interested in history, technology, and urban studies, this work highlights the intersection of cultural identity and technological advancement in shaping perceptions of modernity. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Mystery and Marvel

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction "A great age"

1 How People Visited the Centennial

2 History as the Story of Progress

3 The Story of Victorian Technology

4 Stories of Size and Abundance

5 The Spectacle of Interior Space

6 Urban Design in America

7 An Obsession with Classification

Conclusion: "Between the past and the future"

Endnotes

Bibliography.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781955041034

1955041032

OCLC:

1456763044