From fan dancers to fan belts--the compelling, untold stories of Chicago's 1933 world fair--abundantly illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Sally Rand and the Midway 7
2. Chicago Boosters Set the Stage 28
3. A New Vision for a World's Fair 52
4. The Vision on Display 67
5. Women's Spaces at the Fair 85
6. African Americans and the Du Sable Legacy 108
7. Ethnic Identity and Nationalistic Representations of
Progress 123
8. Aviation, Nationalism, and Progress 137
Epilogue 151
Notes 159
Index 199
Illustrations:
Black-and-white section 1 follows page 14
Black-and-white section2 follows page 66
Color section follows page 80
Black-and-white section 3 follows page 116
Black-and-white section 4 follows page 136
Cheryl R. Ganz is the chief curator of philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C. She was the curator and designer of the "Pots of Promise" exhibition for the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and is the coeditor of Pots of Promise: Mexicans and Pottery at Hull-House, 1920-40.
"Beginning and ending with controversial fan dancer Sally Rand, The 1933 Chicago World's Fair gives readers a distinctive and authoritative take on this important exposition. Cheryl R. Ganz's thorough research and very readable writing style ensure that this will remain the standard history of A Century of Progress for years to come." John E. Findling, co-editor of Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions "Cheryl R. Ganz gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of the 1933 Chicago world's fair, with interesting angles on the infighting among various interest groups. A significant addition to world's fair studies, with novel contributions regarding gender, race, ethnicity, and class." Arthur P. Molella, director of the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation "This book's strength lies in its exploration of what 'progress' meant to the various world's fair stakeholders and to the fair's historical narrative. Ganz enriches the history of world's fairs and expands our understanding of the early twentieth century." Bonnie Lilienfeld, deputy chair and curator of the Division of Home and Community Life at the National Museum of American History
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