World's Fairs in the Cold War: Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress
328World's Fairs in the Cold War: Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress
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ISBN-13: | 9780822945789 |
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Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Publication date: | 09/24/2019 |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 328 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The World's Fair in of the Era of the Cold War: Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress Arthur P. Molella Scott Gabriel Knowles 3
Part I Setting the Stage: The World's Fair in the Era of the Cold War
1 Expo '58: Nucleus for a New Europe Stuart W. Leslie Joris Mercelis 11
2 Soviet-American Rivalry at Expo '58 Anthony Swift 27
3 Atoms for Peace in Brussels and Osaka: World's Fairs and the Shaping of Japanese Attitudes to Nuclear Power Morris Low 46
Part II Theater of Conflict: North America and the Cold War State
4 Bringing the Fair to Town: Harrison "Buzz" Price and International Expositions in the United States after 1945 James D. Skee 57
5 "The Future Isn't What It Used to Be": Optimism and Anxiety, 1939 and 1964 Robert H. Kargon 66
6 1964 and the State of the City Katie Uva 77
Part III Theater of Conflict: North America and Cold War Culture
7 Advancing an Optimistic Technological Narrative in an Age of Skepticism: General Electric and Walt Disney's Progressland at the1964-1965 New York World's Fair Michelle Demeter 87
8 The Human Spirit in an Age of Machines: The Pietà and the Computer at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Arthur P. Molella 96
9 Cold War Food: Consumption and Technology at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 Emanuela Scarpellini 109
10 Billy Graham: The Fifth Dimension at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Mary Ann Borden 118
11 "Massy and Classy": Dressing American Women at Expo '67 Daniela Sheinin 128
12 "The Changing Role of Women in a Changing World": Universal Womanhood at HemisFair '68 Abigail M. Markwyn 137
Color plates follow page 150
Part IV Theater of Conflict: Asia and Australia
13 A Garden City for Progress and Harmony: Singapore at the Osaka 1970 Expo Elian F. Spero 161
14 Cultural Diplomacy Down Under: US Sports Diplomacy at Brisbane's Expo '88 Martin J. Manning 172
Part V Endings and New Beginnings
15 The Cold War, a Cool Medium, and the Postmodern Death of World Expos Luca Massidda 183
16 Does the World's Fair Still Matter? Discovering New Worlds after 1989 Scott Gabriel Knowles 194
Notes 213
Bibliography 257
Contributors 277
Index 281