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Boosting a New West Pacific Coast Expositions, 1905-1916
Title
Boosting a New West Pacific Coast Expositions, 1905-1916 / John C. Putman.
ISBN
9781636820095
1636820093
9780874223811
0874223814
Publication
Pullman, Washington : WSU Press, Washington State University, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Focusing on marketing campaigns as well as vendor and exhibit choices, Boosting a New West explores the cultural and social meaning of Portland, Seattle, San Diego, and San Francisco expositions held between 1905 and 1915, detailing biased racial attitudes, perceptions of the cities at the time, and local leaders' attempts to shape a new western identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2021
Contents
To host a fair : the Pacific Northwest
Promoting the fairs
Selling the promise of the Far West : Portland, Seattle, and the Pacific Northwest
Selling nature and land(scapes) in the Pacific Northwest
Race and empire in the Pacific Northwest
Selling the promise of the Far West : San Diego, San Francisco, and the American Southwest
Selling nature and land(scapes) in the American Southwest
Race and empire in the American Southwest.
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