Author: Beverly Gordon
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Keywords: fair, american, fundraising, history, ladies, amp, bazaars
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1998-10-02
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1572330147
ISBN-13: 9781572330146

Tracing their development from the early 1800s to the present day, Gordon shows how women’s fairs have reflected and influenced American culture, including styles of display and presentation, forms of public entertainment, attitudes about consumption and commodities, and perceptions of other cultures and of the past.