István Ormos, Cairo in Chigago: Cairo Street at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
The Cairo Street of the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 was the most successful of its kind. Preceded by the Cairo Street of the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1889, this was a much grander affair. It was the most successful commercial enterprise of the Midway Plaisance, an additio...
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Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques
2024
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| Sumari: | The Cairo Street of the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 was the most successful of its kind. Preceded by the Cairo Street of the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1889, this was a much grander affair. It was the most successful commercial enterprise of the Midway Plaisance, an addition to the main Fair, the White City, that was established as a way to control the lucrative entertainment industry that invariably accompanied World Fairs.As Ormos explains in his introduction, the ... |
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