World of Fairs
The Century-of-Progress Expositions
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One - An Exhibitionary Culture
1. Forerunners of the Century-of-Progress Expositions
2. "Fitter Families for Future Firesides": Eugenics Exhibitions between the Wars
Part Two: The Century-of-Progress Expositions
3. Coloniale Moderne
4. The Empire of Science
5. Future Perfect
6. African Americans in the World of Tomorrow
7. The New Day Dawns: The American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair
Conclusion
An Essay on Archival Sources
Notes
Index
Introduction
Part One - An Exhibitionary Culture
1. Forerunners of the Century-of-Progress Expositions
2. "Fitter Families for Future Firesides": Eugenics Exhibitions between the Wars
Part Two: The Century-of-Progress Expositions
3. Coloniale Moderne
4. The Empire of Science
5. Future Perfect
6. African Americans in the World of Tomorrow
7. The New Day Dawns: The American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair
Conclusion
An Essay on Archival Sources
Notes
Index
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