“All the World is Here!”Historiography of the Columbian Exposition

A Day At the Fair!

Outline

•Thesis•Timeline •Culture of the fair•Racism and African Americans •Women at the fair

Thesis

•Many sources •Social and cultural angles•Social angle, 1970

Timeline

1893

1897- Johnson, Rossiter. A History of the World’s Columbian Exposition: Held in Chicago in 1893

2000- Reed, Christopher Robert. “All the World Is Here!”: The Black Presence at White City.

1984- Rydell, Robert W. All the World’s a Fair: Visions of Empire at American International Expositions, 1876-1916.

1993

A Triumphal Fair

Inventions

Racism

African Americans at the Fair

Women at the fair

I hope you enjoyed the fair!