America at the Fair
Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, Photography
| Author: | Chaim M. Rosenberg | ISBN: | 9781439614136 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | February 25, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chaim M. Rosenberg |
| ISBN: | 9781439614136 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | February 25, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
At the time of the World�s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the world�s leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the country�s second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the world�s most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of America�s great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the �Blueprint of the American Future� and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.
At the time of the World�s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the world�s leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the country�s second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the world�s most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of America�s great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the �Blueprint of the American Future� and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.
