Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xx, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. Relates the histories of the San Diego Expositions of 1915-16 and 1935-36, and how they represented Spanish culture and people, including information on their planning and their depiction of the Southwest in relation to ideas about race and ethnicity.

Subject

1. San Diego <Calif.> / California Pacific International Exposition <1935-1936>
2. San Diego <Calif.> / Panama-California International Exposition
3. Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
4. Panama-California International Exposition (1916 : San Diego, Calif.)
5. California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
6. California Pacific International Exposition
7. Panama-California Exposition
8. Panama-California International Exposition
9. 1900-1999
10. HISTORY > Study & Teaching
11. Civilization
12. Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
13. California, Southern > Civilization
14. San Diego (Calif.) > History > 20th century
15. California > San Diego
16. Southern California
17. Kalifornien > Süd

Genre/Form

1. History
2. Books.

Contents

1. The Spanish heritage -- San Diego and the Spanish colonial inheritance -- The Panama-California Exposition, 1915-1916 -- Southern California gets the Panama Exposition -- Planning a southwestern exposition, 1915 -- "The peers of their white conquerors" -- "A heritage in history, forever" -- The California-Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936 -- The legacies of 1915: the San Diego Century-of-Progress Exposition, 1935-1936 -- "The answer is to be found in those yesteryears and tomorrows" -- Popular amusements and the fight for moral authority in Southern California -- Epilogue: Spanish fantasy heritage, social politics.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-303) and index.