The Inglorious Arts of Peace : : Exhibitions in Canadian Society during the Nineteenth Century / / Elsbeth Heaman.
The exhibition was one of the great nineteenth-century projects for improving the world. Combining the Victorian virtues of communication, cooperation, and competition, it promised to advertise the choice products of civilization to a receptive public. The Inglorious Arts of Peace is the first compr...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1999 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Theory of the Exhibition: An Overview
- Part One: Exhibitions in Central Canada
- 2. The Early History of Exhibitions in Canada, 1789-1837
- 3. Exhibitions as Politics in Central Canada, 1841-1891
- 4. The Provincial Exhibitions and Economic Development, 1846-1893
- 5. Exhibition Culture
- Part Two: Canada at the International Exhibitions
- 6. International Exhibitions and Canadian Nationality, 1851-1867
- 7. Exhibitions in Europe after Confederation and the Commodification of Canada
- 8. Exhibitions in America after Confederation and the Commodification of Everything
- Part Three: Exhibitions and Identities
- 9. Women and the Political Economy of Exhibitions
- 10. Making a Spectacle: Exhibitions of the First Nations
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Tables
- Notes
- Note on Sources
- Illustration Credits
- Index