The Anthropology of World's Fairs; San Francisco's Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915
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- London and Berkeley: Scolar Press [for The Lowie Museum of Anthropology], 1983
London and Berkeley: Scolar Press [for The Lowie Museum of Anthropology], 1983. First Edition. Tall Quarto. 34.5cm. Publisher's glossy illustrated wraps. [xv]; 175pp.; [1]. Clean and sharp in colorful wraps, some very light wear to spine ends and corners; internally clean, authorial inscription to half title, review slip laid in at the front, illustrated throughout in both color and black and white. A near fine copy. Inscribed by the author:
"From one squirrel to another, Burt"
From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and professor of anthropology. An anthropological examination of the phenomenon of World's Fairs and Expositions, beginning with London's Crystal palace Great Exhibition in 1851, and working towards San Francisco's maniacally optimistic and lavish 1915 Exposition, less than a decade after the catastrophic earthquake, occuring at a point when most of the rest of the world was embroiled in war. The five essays that make up the work investigate what purpose these immense, costly, and occasionally downright bizarre spasms of commercial pride and civic hope served during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
"From one squirrel to another, Burt"
From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and professor of anthropology. An anthropological examination of the phenomenon of World's Fairs and Expositions, beginning with London's Crystal palace Great Exhibition in 1851, and working towards San Francisco's maniacally optimistic and lavish 1915 Exposition, less than a decade after the catastrophic earthquake, occuring at a point when most of the rest of the world was embroiled in war. The five essays that make up the work investigate what purpose these immense, costly, and occasionally downright bizarre spasms of commercial pride and civic hope served during the 19th and early 20th centuries.