The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress
- ISBN-10
- 0252078527
- ISBN-13
- 9780252078521
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-06
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- Cheryl R. Ganz
Description
The author offers the stories of fair planners and participants who showcased education, industry, and entertainment to sell optimism during the Great Depression, in an engaging history of the 1933 Chicago world's fair that also features more than eighty period photographs and ephemera.
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- 2008-09-24
- 272 pages
- Ebook
- University of Illinois Press
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