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Fin de rêve: Reactions in the British, French, and American Press to the 1900 Exposition Universelle

Doherty, Patrick Donovan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1304983155

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2011, BA, Oberlin College, History.
While planning the 1900 Exposition, France outlined ambitious, unprecedented goals in terms of the size and scope of the Exposition. The resulting expectations in the French, British, and American press were high - anticipating that the French would successfully achieve the goals outlined in the planning process. With the resurgence of the Dreyfus Affair in 1898 and the subsequent international backlash, the press' anticipation of the fair began to shift. When the uncompleted Exposition opened on Easter Sunday 1900, critics took advantage of the opportunity to lambast the Exposition, focusing on artistic, architectural, and technological displays and their relationship with notions of modernity, progress, and the future. Critiques of the Exposition highlighted the fact that the Exposition did little to assuage the unease of the turn of the century in Europe and, in fact, due to its poor organization and over-the-top displays, criticisms of the Exposition became synonymous with critiques of modernity in the turn of the century.
Annemarie Sammartino, PhD (Advisor)
Leonard Smith, PhD (Advisor)
57 p.
History
1900 Paris Exposition Universelle; Exposition; 1900; modernity; world's fair; electricity; Dreyfus Affair

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  • Doherty, P. D. (2011). Fin de rêve: Reactions in the British, French, and American Press to the 1900 Exposition Universelle [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1304983155

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Doherty, Patrick. Fin de rêve: Reactions in the British, French, and American Press to the 1900 Exposition Universelle. 2011. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1304983155.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Doherty, Patrick. "Fin de rêve: Reactions in the British, French, and American Press to the 1900 Exposition Universelle." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1304983155

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