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Title World's fairs in the Cold War : science, technology, and the culture of progress / edited by Arthur P. Molella and Scott Gabriel Knowles.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Expo 58: Nucleus for a new Europe / Stuart W. Leslie and Joris Mercelis -- Soviet-American rivalry at expo 58 / Anthony Swift -- Atoms for peace in Brussels and Osaka: Worlds fairs and the shaping of Japanese attitudes to nuclear power / Morris Low -- Bringing the fair to town: Harrison "Buzz" Price and international expositions in the United States after 1945 / James D. Skee -- "The future isnt what it used to be": optimism and anxiety, 1939 and 1964 / Robert H. Kargon -- 1964 and the state of the city / Katie Uva -- Advancing an optimistic technological narrative in an age of skepticism: General Electric and Walt Disneys Progressland at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Michael Demeter -- The human spirit in an age of machines: the pieta and the computer at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Arthur P. Mollela -- ColdWar food: consumption and technology at the New York Worlds Fair 1964-1965 / Emanuela Scarpellini -- Billy Graham: the fifth dimension at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Mary Ann Borden -- "Messy and Classy": dressing American women at expo 67 / Daniela Sheinin -- "The changing role of women in a changing world": universal womanhood at HemisFair 68 / Abigail M. Markwyn -- A garden city for progress and harmony: Singapore at the Osaka 1970 expo / Ellan F. Spero -- Cultural diplomacy down under: US sports diplomacy at Brisbanes Expo 88 / Martin J. Manning -- The Cold War, a cool medium, and the postmodern death of World Expos / Luca Massida -- Does the Worlds Fair still matter? Discovering new worlds after 1989 / Scott Gabriel Knowles
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Subject Exhibitions -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Exhibitions -- Political aspects.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Exhibitions.
World politics -- History -- 20th century.
World politics.
Science -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Science -- Political aspects.
Science.
Science -- Exhibitions.
Science -- Exhibitions.
Technology -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Technology -- Political aspects.
Cold War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Added Author Molella, Arthur P., 1944- editor.
Knowles, Scott Gabriel, editor.
Other Form: Print version: World's fairs in the Cold War. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019] 9780822945789 (DLC) 2019020480 (OCoLC)1100424970
ISBN 9780822987086 (electronic book)
0822987082 (electronic book)
9780822945789
0822945789