Mexico at the World's Fairs: Crafting a Modern Nation: 35 - Rilegato

Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio

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ISBN 10: 0520202678 ISBN 13: 9780520202672

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1996

Riassunto

This intriguing study of Mexico's participation in world's fairs from 1889 to 1929 explores Mexico's self-presentation at these fairs as a reflection of the country's drive toward nationalization and a modernized image. Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo contrasts Mexico's presence at the 1889 Paris fair—where its display was the largest and most expensive Mexico has ever mounted—with Mexico's presence after the 1910 Mexican Revolution at fairs in Rio de Janeiro in 1922 and Seville in 1929.

Rather than seeing the revolution as a sharp break, Tenorio-Trillo points to important continuities between the pre- and post-revolution periods. He also discusses how, internationally, the character of world's fairs was radically transformed during this time, from the Eiffel Tower prototype, encapsulating a wondrous symbolic universe, to the Disneyland model of commodified entertainment.

Drawing on cultural, intellectual, urban, literary, social, and art histories, Tenorio-Trillo's thorough and imaginative study presents a broad cultural history of Mexico from 1880 to 1930, set within the context of the origins of Western nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and modernism.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"This superb study . . . raises provocative questions about cultural constructions of nationalism and modernity. A fine example of interdisciplinary thinking and writing."—Robert W. Rydell, author of World of Fairs

"It is a pleasure to read such a fine book by a most promising young scholar. Based on a wide range of heretofore unknown or little used sources, Tenorio-Trillo's book will make a strong impact on the field."—Charles A. Hale, author of The Transformation of Liberalism in Late Nineteenth-Century Mexico

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0520202678
• ISBN 13: 9780520202672
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 373