This encyclopedia contains individual histories of each of the nearly 100 World’s Fairs and expositions held in more than 20 countries since 1851. This is a thorough revision and updating of the book originally published as A Historical Dictionary of World’s Fairs and Expositions in 1990. The new entries include essays on the world’s fairs to be held in Zaragoza, Spain, in 2008 and in Shanghai, China, in 2010. Many of the original essays have been revised and expanded. Topics covered include goods, tourism, nationalistic competition, architecture, art and culture, and “exhibition fatigue.”
Each fair history has its own annotated bibliography which provides, when possible, the location of relevant primary sources and comments on the quality of secondary sources. Appendices cover the Bureau of International Expositions, fair statistics, fair officials, fairs that did not qualify for inclusion, and fairs that were planned but never held. The book includes a foreword (and appendix) by Vicente González Loscertales, the secretary general of the Bureau of International Expositions.

John E. Findling is professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
Kimberly D. Pelle is director of the Adult Student Center at Indiana University Southeast. She lives in New Albany, Indiana.

Edited by John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 484
Bibliographic Info: 161 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2016 [2008]
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6450-7
Imprint: McFarland

Foreword by Vicente González Loscertales      1
Preface      3
London 1851
(John R. Davis)      9
Dublin 1853
(Tammy Lau)      15
New York 1853
(Ivan D. Steen)      17
Paris 1855
(Barrie M. Ratcliffe)      21
London 1862
(Thomas Prasch)      27
Dublin 1865
(Miglena Ivanova)      33
Dunedin 1865
(Conal McCarthy)      34
Paris 1867
(Volker Barth)      37
London 1871–1874
(Catherine Dibello and
the Editors)      44
Vienna 1873
(Nadine Rottau)      46
Philadelphia 1876
(Alfred Heller)      52
Paris 1878
(Andrea C. Roeber)      59
Sydney 1879–1880
(Kirsten Orr)      65
Melbourne 1880–1881
(David Dunstan)      67
Atlanta 1881
( James M. Russell)      70
Amsterdam 1883
( John E. Findling)      72
Boston 1883
(Noah W. Sobe)      74
Calcutta 1883–1884
(Thomas Prasch)      75
Louisville 1883–1887
(Carl E. Kramer)      77
New Orleans 1884–1885
(Miki Pfeffer)      79
Antwerp 1885
(Matthew G. Stanard)      84
Edinburgh 1886
(Laurie Dalton)      87
London 1886
(Thomas Prasch)      88
Adelaide 1887
(Lara Anderson)      92
Barcelona 1888
(Gary McDonogh)      94
Glasgow 1888
(Susan Bennett)      95
Melbourne 1888–1889
(David Dunstan)      97
Paris 1889
(Anthony Swift)      100
Dunedin 1889–1890
(Conal McCarthy)      108
Kingston 1891
(Ronald J. Mahoney)      110
Madrid 1892
(David R. Watters)      112
Chicago 1893
(R. Reid Badger)      116
Antwerp 1894
(Matthew G. Stanard)      125
San Francisco 1894
(Arthur Chandler and
Marvin Nathan)      127
Hobart 1894–1895
(Lara Anderson)      132
Atlanta 1895
(Charlene G. Garfinkle)      134
Brussels 1897
(Matthew G. Stanard)      136
Guatemala City 1897
(Laurie Dalton)      139
Nashville 1897
(Charlene G. Garfinkle)      141
Stockholm 1897
(Lars F. Johansson)      145
Omaha 1898
(Charlene G. Garfinkle)      146
Paris 1900
(Robert W. Brown)      149
Buffalo 1901
(Lewis L. Gould and
Kris L. Brackett)      157
Glasgow 1901
(Cristina Carbone)      164
Charleston 1901–1902
( James M. Beeby)      166
Torino 1902
(Cristina Carbone)      168
Hanoi 1902–1903
(Robert W. Rydell)      170
St. Louis 1904
(Astrid Böger)      171
Liège 1905
(Matthew G. Stanard)      178
Portland 1905
(Carl Abbott)      181
Milan 1906
( John E. Findling)      185
Christchurch 1906–1907
(Conal McCarthy)      187
Dublin 1907
(Miglena Ivanova)      190
Jamestown 1907
( J. D. Bowers)      193
London 1908
( Jane Kimber)      198
Seattle 1909
( J. D. Bowers)      202
Brussels 1910
(Paul Greenhalgh)      206
Nanking 1910
(Kimberly D. Pelle)      209
London 1911
(Susan Bennett)      211
Ghent 1913
( John E. Findling)      213
San Francisco 1915
(Burton Benedict)      215
San Diego 1915–1916
(Matthew Bokovoy)      222
Rio de Janeiro 1922–1923
(Bruno Bontempi, Jr., and
Noah W. Sobe)      228
Wembley 1924–1925
(Alexander C. T. Geppert)      230
Paris 1925
(Philip Whalen)      236
Dunedin 1925–1926
( Jennifer Wagelie)      243
Philadelphia 1926
(David Glassberg)      246
Long Beach 1928
(Kaye Briegel)      250
Barcelona 1929–1930
( John E. Findling)      251
Seville 1929–1930
(Cristina Carbone)      254
Antwerp/Liège 1930
(Paul Greenhalgh)      257
Stockholm 1930
(Ursula Lindqvist)      259
Paris 1931
(Marc Lagana)      263
Chicago 1933–1934
( John E. Findling)      268
Brussels 1935
( Johan Lagae)      277
San Diego 1935–1936
(Matthew Bokovoy)      282
Johannesburg 1936–1937
(Deborah L. Hughes)      288
Paris 1937
(Arthur Chandler, updated by Philip Whalen)      290
Glasgow 1938
( John MacKenzie)      297
New York 1939–1940
(Paul T. Sayers)      299
San Francisco 1939–1940
(Don Larson)      305
Wellington 1939–1940
(Conal McCarthy)      309
Lisbon 1940
( John E. Findling)      313
Port-au-Prince 1949–1950
(Kimberly D. Pelle)      314
London 1951
(Harriet Atkinson)      316
Brussels 1958
(Robert W. Rydell)      318
Seattle 1962
( John M. Findlay)      323
New York 1964–1965
(Andrew V. Uroskie)      330
Montreal 1967
(Krista L. Bennett)      335
San Antonio 1968
(Shirley M. Eoff)      342
Osaka 1970
(David Anderson)      345
Spokane 1974
(Arlin C. Migliazzo)      350
Okinawa 1975–1976
(Martin Manning)      353
Knoxville 1982
(Carl E. Kramer)      356
New Orleans 1984
(Miki Pfeffer)      360
Tsukuba 1985
(Tatsushi Narita)      364
Vancouver 1986
( John E. Findling)      367
Brisbane 1988
(Martin Manning)      370
Genoa 1992
(Martin Manning)      374
Seville 1992
(Veronique Marteau)      377
Taejon 1993
( John R. McGregor)      386
Lisbon 1998
(Laura Huntoon)      389
Hanover 2000
(Larry Maloney)      393
Aichi 2005
(Alfred Heller)      399
Zaragoza 2008
(Bureau of International Expositions)      404
Shanghai 2010
(Susan Fernsebner)      407

Appendix A: The Bureau of International Expositions
(Vicente González Loscertales)      411
Appendix B: Fair Statistics      413
Appendix C: Fair Officials      418
Appendix D: Fairs Not Included      422
Appendix E: Fairs That Never Were      428
General Bibliography      435
Internet Resources      443
About the Editors and Contributors      457
Index      463

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