The inglorious arts of peace : exhibitions in Canadian society during the nineteenth century /
"The exhibition was one of the great nineteenth-century projects for improving the world. Combining the Victorian virtues of communication, cooperation, and competition, it promised to advertise the choice products of civilization to a receptive public. The Inglorious Arts of Peace is the first...
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©1999.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Theory of the Exhibition: An Overview
- pt. 1. Exhibitions in Central Canada. 2. The Early History of Exhibitions in Canada, 1789-1837. 3. Exhibitions as Politics in Central Canada, 1841-1891. 4. The Provincial Exhibitions and Economic Development, 1846-1893. 5. Exhibition Culture
- pt. 2. Canada at the International Exhibitions. 6. International Exhibitions and Canadian Nationality, 1851-1867. 7. Exhibitions in Europe after Confederation and the Commodification of Canada. 8. Exhibitions in America after Confederation and the Commodification of Everything
- pt. 3. Exhibitions and Identities. 9. Women and the Political Economy of Exhibitions. 10. Making a Spectacle: Exhibitions of the First Nations.