Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair by Fullerton, Lindsay
Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair by Fullerton, Lindsay

Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair

Less celebrated than the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition brought visitors face-to-face...
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Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair by Fullerton, Lindsay

Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair

$72.87
Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair by Fullerton, Lindsay

Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair

$72.87
Author: Lindsay Fullerton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Less celebrated than the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition brought visitors face-to-face with gleaming American consumerism in the midst of the Great Depression. Lindsay Fullerton draws on a wealth of personal photographs, scrapbooks, oral histories, and writings to illuminate the wildly different experiences of fairgoers against the backdrop of a city steeped in poverty and segregation.

The Exposition took place amidst massive changes sparked by expansion of mass media, Franklin Roosevelt's election, the repeal of Prohibition, and the Great Migration. A diverse cross-section of Chicagoans informs Fullerton's history of the event in the context of the fast-changing America of the interwar era. These personal accounts tell stories of how attendees interpreted their own experiences while being surrounded by whiz-bang products and full-throated evangelism on the benefits of progress.

A colorful people's history, Ephemeral City takes readers inside the other Chicago World's Fair and how visitors interacted with a pivotal moment in American history.



Author: Lindsay Fullerton
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 04/29/2025
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780252088520

About the Author
Lindsay Fullerton is an historian and media studies scholar. She grew up in Chicagoland and holds a doctorate from the Northwestern University School of Communication.
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