Columbian Exposition

A lively survey of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and how the Great Fair mirrored American values and tastes at the turn of the century. ＂Instructive of our times and an excellent brief study.＂ -Journal of American Culture. American Ways Series.

Robert Muccigrosso is professor of history at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He has also written American Gothic and is co-author of America in the Twentieth Century.