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Author Smith, Duane A.

Title Colorado goes to the fair : World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 / Duane A. Smith, Karen A. Vendl, Mark A. Vendl.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 108 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface: You must see this fair -- Prologue: Metropolis of the West -- The fair comes to Chicago -- Come, come, come to the fair : World's Columbian Exposition -- Surprise to the world -- Not matter, but mind; not things, but men -- Temptations galore -- Coloradans go to the fair : their experiences and opinions -- Epilogue: The glory and the reality -- Appendix: Colorado exhibits receiving awards.
Summary In this heavily illustrated text, the authors trace the glory of the World's Fair and the impact it would have on Colorado, where Gilded Age excess clashed with the enthusiasm of westward expansion.
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Subject World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
World's Columbian Exposition.
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Influence.
World's Columbian Exposition: 1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
World's Columbian Exposition: 1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Influence.
Exhibitions -- Social aspects -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Exhibitions.
Social aspects.
Colorado.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Social change -- Colorado -- History -- 19th century.
Social change.
Colorado -- History -- 1876-1950.
Chronological Term 1876-1950
Subject Colorado -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conditions.
Colorado -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1950
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Vendl, Karen A.
Vendl, Mark A.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Duane A. Colorado goes to the fair. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011010297
ISBN 9780826350428 (electronic book)
0826350429 (electronic book)
1283636573
9781283636575
6613949035
9786613949035
0826350410
9780826350411