World's fairs in the Cold War : science, technology, and the culture of progress

World's fairs in the Cold War : science, technology, and the culture of progress /

The post-World War II science-based technological revolution inevitably found its way into almost all international expositions with displays on atomic energy, space exploration, transportation, communications, and computers. Major advancements in Cold War science and technology helped to shape new...

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Other Authors: Molella, Arthur P., 1944- (Editor), Knowles, Scott Gabriel (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Exhibitions > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
World politics > History > 20th century.
Science > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Science > Exhibitions.
Technology > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
SCIENCE > General.
Exhibitions > Political aspects
Science
Science > Political aspects
Technology > Political aspects
World politics
Exhibition catalogs
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Expo 58: Nucleus for a new Europe / Stuart W. Leslie and Joris Mercelis
  • Soviet-American rivalry at expo 58 / Anthony Swift
  • Atoms for peace in Brussels and Osaka: Worlds fairs and the shaping of Japanese attitudes to nuclear power / Morris Low
  • Bringing the fair to town: Harrison "Buzz" Price and international expositions in the United States after 1945 / James D. Skee
  • "The future isnt what it used to be": optimism and anxiety, 1939 and 1964 / Robert H. Kargon
  • 1964 and the state of the city / Katie Uva
  • Advancing an optimistic technological narrative in an age of skepticism: General Electric and Walt Disneys Progressland at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Michael Demeter
  • The human spirit in an age of machines: the pieta and the computer at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Arthur P. Mollela
  • ColdWar food: consumption and technology at the New York Worlds Fair 1964-1965 / Emanuela Scarpellini
  • Billy Graham: the fifth dimension at the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair / Mary Ann Borden
  • "Messy and Classy": dressing American women at expo 67 / Daniela Sheinin
  • "The changing role of women in a changing world": universal womanhood at HemisFair 68 / Abigail M. Markwyn
  • A garden city for progress and harmony: Singapore at the Osaka 1970 expo / Ellan F. Spero
  • Cultural diplomacy down under: US sports diplomacy at Brisbanes Expo 88 / Martin J. Manning
  • The Cold War, a cool medium, and the postmodern death of World Expos / Luca Massida
  • Does the Worlds Fair still matter? Discovering new worlds after 1989 / Scott Gabriel Knowles

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