I am searching the history of the international exhibitions held in the UK before 1945 and also
Eriko,
I think you could have a look into these books and articles (on file below also) :
- Bancel Nicolas, Blanchard Pascal, Boëtsch Gilles, Deroo Éric, Lemaire Sandrine, Zoos humains, Paris, La Découverte « Poche/Sciences humaines et sociales », 2004, 490 pages. ISBN : 9782707144010.
- Durbach Nadji, Spectacle of Deformity: Freak Shows and Modern British Culture, Berkeley, University of California Press, 2009.
- KUZNICK, P. J., « Losing the World of Tomorrow: The Battle over the Presentation of Science at the 1939 New York World’s Fair », American Quarterly, n° 46, 1994, p. 341-373.
- RYDELL, R. W., Gwinn, N. E., Fair Representations. World’s Fairs and the Modern World, « Introduction », Amsterdam, VU University Press, 1994,
- BENEDICT, B., The Anthropology of World’s Fairs: San Francisco’s
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Berkeley, 1983.
- Pascal Ory, 1889 L’Expo universelle, Bruxelles, Complexe, 1989.
- Alfred Heller, World’s Fairs and the End of Progress: An Insider’s View, Corte Madera, World’s Fairs Inc., 1999.
Some are in french language so that, at least, you can have a look on their bibliographies.
Hope it can be helpfull
Christophe Gibout
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