The Books of the Fairs: Materials About World's Fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

by Smithsonian Institution

The wealth of information in this collection should be mined for generations by social scientists and historians of science, technology, and industry. It not only introduces the literature to the scholar, but provides a guide to a varied range of exposition publications.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution or simply the Smithsonian is a group of museums, education and research centres created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge"

Reviews

[Dan Gorman]

A star rating isn't really applicable, as this book is the index for the Smithsonian's microfilm series of world's fair primary sources. Robert W. Rydell's bibliographic essay is terrific, and the microfilm collection includes anything related to the fairs of 1834–1916 that you could imagine. Great for connoisseurs of art, architecture, history, gender studies, and popular culture.