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Centennial : the Great Fair of 1876 and the invention of America's future / Fergus M. Bordewich.
Van Pelt - New Book Display T825.B1 B67 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bordewich, Fergus M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--United States--History--19th century.
- Technological innovations.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Centennial Exhibition.
- United States--Politics and government--1869-1877.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
- Genre:
- Creative nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Great Fair of 1876 and the invention of America's future
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
- Summary:
- "The spectacular story of the Great Centennial Exhibition of 1876-held in the shadow of a highly contested presidential election that triggered the collapse of Reconstruction and laid the foundations of the Republican Party we know today"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Great Fair
- The beat convulsive
- Wildfire
- Gladiators
- The Democrats resurgent
- Indefatigable ladies
- The law of progress
- The shotgun plan
- The Mollies
- The constitutional abyss
- Epilogue: 1877, Pittsburgh.
- Notes:
- "A Borzoi book"
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780593803363
- 0593803361
- 9780593689196
- 0593689194
- OCLC:
- 1536320807
- Publisher Number:
- 90104571772
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