Description: Further DetailsTitle: Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895Condition: NewEAN: 9780820334028ISBN: 9780820334028Publisher: University of Georgia PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/01/2010Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 415gGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, HistoryDescription: The Cotton States Exposition of 1895 was a world’s fair in Atlanta held to stimulate foreign and domestic trade for a region in an economic depression. Theda Perdue uses the exposition to examine the competing agendas of white supremacist organizers and the peoples of color who participated.White organizers had to demonstrate that the South had solved its race problem in order to attract business and capital. As a result, the exposition became a venue for a performance of race that formalized the segregation of African Americans, the banishment of Native Americans, and the incorporation of other people of color into the region’s racial hierarchy.White supremacy may have been the organizing principle, but exposition organizers gave unprecedented voice to minorities. African Americans used the Negro Building to display their accomplishments, to feature prominent black intellectuals, and to assemble congresses of professionals, tradesmen, and religious bodies. American Indians became more than sideshow attractions when newspapers published accounts of the difficulties they faced. And performers of ethnographic villages on the midway pursued various agendas, including subverting Chinese exclusion and protesting violations of contracts. Close examination reveals that the Cotton States Exposition was as much about challenges to white supremacy as about its triumph.Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 16mmAuthor: Theda PerdueBook Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt LectureRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895
Title: Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895
EAN: 9780820334028
ISBN: 9780820334028
Release Date: 02/01/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Name: Race and the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition of 1895
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, Globalization, United States / 19th Century, Sociology / General, Imperialism, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Theda Perdue
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Library Binding
