HIST 546 - World’s Fairs and Other Spectacles

An examination into the commercial, political, and cultural dimensions of mass-attended spectacles in the modern world with a special focus on the relations between developed and underdeveloped peoples, both indigenous and foreign. Readings focus on theories of material culture; selections from scholarly work on the meaning of ‘spectacle’ and scholarly popular studies of World’s Fairs, Olympics, and other ‘meta-events.’ A research paper, focusing on Third World, European or American fields is required.

Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter