Buffalo's Pan American Exposition (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738557897 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Authors Thomas Leary and Elizabeth Sholes have served as interpretive history consultants and advisors to national and international industrial heritage projects. They bring the images to life with a thoroughly researched and informative text.
Phyllida Howe said A gem!. This is not only one of the best of the Images of America series, it is itself a small gem. It compresses information about both the Pan-Am and turn-of-the-century US history into very few words coupled with superb pictures. With incredible economy, the authors lead us through a rapidly changing American landscape of social mores, values, and politics in which the Pan-Am is played out as a representative image of all that is good and bad in the country. I learned so much about women, minorities, the rise of a consumer society, colonialism, class and power, architecture, and engineering - and just plain fun as it was known in a world before T. CJ Hayden said Well written book. Better than I expected. I was looking for history on the art and color and this book was exactly what I was looking for. A well written book on the times.. "A Good Snapshot of a Bygone Time" according to voracious reader. Having lived in Buffalo years ago, I always wanted to know more about this fabled exposition of yore. This collection of rare photos of the building of the various exhibits & the opened fair itself is a treat! Only flaw is that many of the captions are for architecture aficionados only.
They bring the images to life with a thoroughly researched and informative text. . About the Author Authors Thomas Leary and Elizabeth Sholes have served as interpretive history consultants and advisors to national and international industrial heritage projects
The Pan-Am flaunted America’s status as a leading international power after the victory from the 1898 Spanish-American War. In this engaging pictorial history, discover the relationship between the exposition and its host city of Buffalo, and the triumphs and tragedies it endured. Buffalo’s Pan-American Exposition explores a unique time in American history. The exposition came to a shattering close with the assassination of Pres. Historians, scholars, and residents alike will delight in this fascinating collection of images from Buffalo and Erie Cou