Author: New York. World's FairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Material Relating to Washington at the New York World's Fair
The End of the Innocence
Author: Lawrence R. SamuelPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815651457
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
From April 1964 to October 1965, some 52 million people from around the world flocked to the New York World’s Fair, an experience that lives on in the memory of many individuals and in America’s collective consciousness. Taking a perceptive look back at “the last of the great world’s fairs,” Samuel offers a vivid portrait of this seminal event and of the cultural climate that surrounded it. He also counters critics’ assessments of the fair as the “ugly duckling” of global expositions. Opening five months after President Kennedy’s assassination, the fair allowed millions to celebrate international fellowship while the conflict in Vietnam came to a boil. This event was perhaps the last time so many from so far could gather to praise harmony while ignoring cruel realities on such a gargantuan scale. This world’s fair glorified the postwar American dream of limitless optimism even as a counterculture of sex, drugs, and rock `n` roll came into being. It could rightly be called the last gasp of that dream: The End of the Innocence. Samuel’s work charts the fair from inception in 1959 to demolition in 1966 and provides a broad overview of the social and cultural dynamics that led to the birth of the event. It also traces thematic aspects of the fair, with its focus on science, technology, and the world of the future. Accessible, entertaining, and informative, the book is richly illustrated with contemporary photographs.
International Commerce
Author: A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the History of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Author: Colleen WickeyPublisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation
ISBN: 9780941901055
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A thorough inventory of research resources in American repositories, the Guide lists collections in the history of chemistry and chemical engineering, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and a number of related chemical process industries and businesses, from personal and professional papers of chemical scientists and engineers to business records of the chemical process industries.
The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Author: Bill CotterPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738536064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was the largest international exhibition ever built in the United States. More than one hundred fifty pavilions and exhibits spread over six hundred forty-six acres helped the fair live up to its reputation as "the Billion-Dollar Fair." With the cold war in full swing, the fair offered visitors a refreshingly positive view of the future, mirroring the official theme: Peace through Understanding. Guests could travel back in time through a display of full-sized dinosaurs, or look into a future where underwater hotels and flying cars were commonplace. They could enjoy Walt Disney's popular shows, or study actual spacecraft flown in orbit. More than fifty-one million guests visited the fair before it closed forever in 1965. The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair captures the history of this event through vintage photographs, published here for the first time.
Report
Author: New York World's Fair, 1939
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Considers (75) H.J. Res. 234, (75) H.J. Res. 304.
Cultures of Commerce
Author: E. BrownPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137071826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
While historians have explored the impact on workers of changes in American business, the broader impact on other cultural forms, and vice versa, has not been widely studied. This anthology contributes to the debate at the intersection of business history and the study of cultural forms, ranging from material to visual culture to literature.
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Author: United States. Department of CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Guide to the Records in the National Archives
Author: National Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description