World's Fairs in the Cold War: Science, Technology, and the Culture of Progress
Editat de Arthur P. Molella, Scott Gabriel Knowlesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 sep 2019
The
post–World
War
II
science-based
technological
revolution
inevitably
found
its
way
into
almost
all
international
expositions
with
displays
on
atomic
energy,
space
exploration,
transportation,
communications,
and
computers.
Major
advancements
in
Cold
War
science
and
technology
helped
to
shape
new
visions
of
utopian
futures,
the
stock-in-trade
of
world’s
fairs.
From
the
1940s
to
the
1980s,
expositions
in
the
United
States
and
around
the
world,
from
Brussels
to
Osaka
to
Brisbane,
mirrored
Cold
War
culture
in
a
variety
of
ways,
and
also
played
an
active
role
in
shaping
it.
This
volume
illustrates
the
cultural
change
and
strain
spurred
by
the
Cold
War,
a
disruptive
period
of
scientific
and
technological
progress
that
ignited
growing
concern
over
the
impact
of
such
progress
on
the
environment
and
humanistic
and
spiritual
values.
Through
the
lens
of
world’s
fairs,
contributors
across
disciplines
offer
an
integrated
exploration
of
the
US–USSR
rivalry
from
a
global
perspective
and
in
the
context
of
broader
social
and
cultural
phenomena—faith
and
religion,
gender
and
family
relations,
urbanization
and
urban
planning,
fashion,
modernization,
and
national
identity—all
of
which
were
fundamentally
reshaped
by
tensions
and
anxieties
of
the
Atomic
Age.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822945789
ISBN-10: 0822945789
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 30 b&w, 11 color plates, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10: 0822945789
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 30 b&w, 11 color plates, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Pittsburgh Press
Colecția University of Pittsburgh Press
Recenzii
"Presenting
new
perspectives
on
the
staging
of
the
Cold
War,
this
valuable
book
examines
superpower
rivalry
and
the
peculiar
technological
optimism
of
that
era.
The
authors
show
how
expositions
offered
visitors
improbable
utopian
visions,
politicizing
urban
planning,
architecture,
the
space
race,
digital
technologies,
consumer
goods,
and
nuclear
energy."—David
E.
Nye,
University
of
Minnesota
"This
is
a
marvelous
collection
of
essays
that
illuminates
the
role
of
world’s
fairs
in
shaping
the
cultural
contours
of
the
Cold
War.
The
essays
are
far-reaching,
including
pieces
on
the
US
and
USSR
as
well
as
illuminating
analysis
of
world’s
fairs
and
the
Cold
War
in
Australia,
Japan,
and
Singapore.
The
breadth
and
depth
of
the
scholarship
is
impressive
and
sets
the
stage
for
understanding
the
most
recent
wave
of
world’s
fairs
in
the
21st
century."—Robert
W.
Rydell,
author
ofAll
the
World's
a
Fair
“The essays are also a very welcome addition to the growing scholarship on science during the Cold War period. . . . This is a thoroughly researched . . . and appropriately illustrated volume. It richly deserves a place on university library shelves and in reading lists for graduate seminars in fields such as the history of science, international relations, and cultural studies.”—Isis
Notă biografică
Arthur
P.
Molellais
curator
emeritus
at
the
Smithsonian’s
Lemelson
Center
for
the
Study
of
Invention
and
Innovation,
for
which
he
was
founding
director.
He
is
coeditor
ofInventing
for
the
EnvironmentandPlaces
of
Inventionand
coauthor
ofInvented
Edens:
Techo-Cities
of
the
20th
CenturyandWorld’s
Fairs
on
the
Eve
of
War.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Society
for
the
History
of
Technology
and
serves
on
the
Executive
Advisory
Board
of
the
National
Academy
of
Inventors
and
the
National
Inventors
Hall
of
Fame.
Scott Gabriel Knowlesis professor and head of the department of history at Drexel University. He is a research fellow of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware. Knowles is the author ofThe Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern Americaand editor ofImagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City.
Scott Gabriel Knowlesis professor and head of the department of history at Drexel University. He is a research fellow of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware. Knowles is the author ofThe Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern Americaand editor ofImagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City.