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Fleeting cities : imperial expositions in fin-de-siècle Europe /

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"Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in...

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Main Author: Geppert, Alexander C. T., 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Exhibitions > Europe > History.
Exhibitions > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Civilization, Modern.
Europe > Civilization > 20th century.
Cities and towns > Europe > History > 20th century.
Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung > (1896)
Exposition universelle > (1900 : > Paris, France)
Franco-British Exhibition > (1908 : > London, England)
British Empire Exhibition > (1924-1925 : > Wembley, London, England)
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris > (1931)
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Summary:"Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900"--
Physical Description:xvii, 398 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230221642 (hardback)
0230221645 (hardback)