This book examines the Worlds Fairs that took place from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s, with a particular emphasis on Latin America.
It introduces the notion of "cultural world maps" to understand these events as reflections of the global landscape. The fairs played a crucial role in showcasing state and private endeavors, shaping identities, facilitating knowledge exchange, and disseminating objects and ideas. Through innovative approaches, the essays in Latin America and the Worlds Fairs, 18671939 depart from conventional nation-centric accounts, drawing on insights from cultural history, global and comparative history, as well as exhibition studies.
This volume will be of value to students, scholars, as well as general readers interested in Latin American history and social and cultural history.
The Worlds Fairs and Ibero-American Participation in the Long
Nineteenth Century
M. Elizabeth Boone
Latin America at the Worlds Fairs: A Comparative Analysis of National
Pavilions, 18671939
Sven Schuster
Republics of Letters: Latin American Libraries, Newspapers, and Leaflets at
the European and North American Worlds Fairs, 18671906
Juan David Murillo Sandoval
French-Ecuadorian Dialogue at the Paris Fairs, 18781900
Marķa José Jarrķn
The Chicago Fair of 1893 as an Abbreviated World: Observations from
Prominent Figures in the Spanish-Speaking Literary Community
Paula Bruno
The 1900 Paris Worlds Fair: Cosmopolitan Itineraries of Latin American
Modernist Writers
Alejandra Uslenghi
The Seville Ibero-American Exposition in 1929, and the Participation of the
Argentine Republic: Images, Ideas, and Women in Action
Georgina Gluzman
Mexico and Chile at the Worlds Fairs in Paris (1937) and New York (1939):
Revolution, Popular Front, and Modernity
Sylvia Dummer Scheel
Geopolitics in Encapsulated Worlds: Spatial Configuration and World Orders in
the Chicago (1893), Paris (1900), and New York (1939) Worlds Fairs
Carla Lois
Paula Bruno is a researcher specializing in Latin America. She is co-author of Embajadoras culturales. Mujeres latinoamericanas y vida diplomįtica, 18601960 (Cultural Ambassadresses. Latin American Women and Diplomatic Life, 18601960) (2021) and author of Martķn Garcķa Mérou. Vida intelectual y diplomįtica en las Américas (Martķn Garcķa Mérou. Intellectual and Diplomatic Life in the Americas) (2018), among other publications.
Sven Schuster is Professor of History at Universidad del Rosario, Bogotį. He is the author of A vista de pįjaro. Una nueva mirada sobre Colombia (A Birds Eye View: A New Look at Colombia, 19191940) (2024) and "The Worlds Fairs as Spaces of Global Knowledge: Latin American Archaeology and Anthropology in the Age of Exhibitions" (Journal of Global History, 2018), among other publications.
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