Celebrating the New World - Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893

A lively survey of Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and how the Great Fair mirrored American values and tastes at the turn of the century. "Instructive of our times and an excellent brief study." -Journal of American Culture. American Ways Series.

About the author

Robert Muccigrosso is professor of history at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He has also written American Gothic and is co-author of America in the Twentieth Century.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Muccigrosso
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1993
• EAN: 9781566630146
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-014-6
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 325 g
• Series: American Ways
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories