Fleeting Cities

1. Introduction: How to Read an Exposition
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2. Berlin 1896: Wilhelm II, Georg Simmel and the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung
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3. Paris 1900: The Exposition Universelle as a Century’s Protean Synthesis
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4. London 1908: Imre Kiralfy and the Franco-British Exhibition
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5. Wembley 1924: The British Empire Exhibition as a Suburban Metropolis
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6. Vincennes 1931: The Exposition Coloniale as the Apotheosis of Imperial Modernity
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7. Conclusion: Exhibition Fatigue, or the Rise and Fall of a Mass Medium
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8. Coda: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Avainsanat: History, European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Germany and Central Europe