Uses first-person accounts from Missourians who went to the Fair in 1904, interviews with historians, archival motion pictures, and photographs to situate the St. Louis Fair in the social, political, and cultural context of American society in 1904. Covers American civilization at the turn of the century; the representation of history; authenticity; modernity; dress and body language; oral history and childhood memories; world fairs as experiences; and receiving information through visual symbols, words, and exhibits.
The World's Greatest Fair
Eiffel's Race to the Top
Man Belongs to the Earth
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
EXPO 67 Mission Impossible
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America
Brussels Loops
To the Fair!
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Long Gone Summer
The World of Tomorrow
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
