The Inglorious Arts of Peace : : Exhibitions in Canadian Society during the Nineteenth Century /

The Inglorious Arts of Peace : : Exhibitions in Canadian Society during the Nineteenth Century / / Elsbeth Heaman.

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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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Heaman, Elsbeth,
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

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