TY - BOOK ID - 78072037 TI - Chicago's white city of 1893 PY - 1976 SN - 0813150477 9780813150475 9780813113319 0813113318 0813101409 9780813101408 0813113318 9780813101408 0813184681 PB - Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - World's Columbian Exposition KW - Chicago Columbian Exposition KW - Chicago Columbian World's Exposition KW - Chicago World's Fair KW - Chikagskai︠a︡ Vsemirnai︠a︡ Kolumbova vystavka KW - Columbian Exposition KW - Columbian Fair KW - Exposition colombienne KW - Exposition internationale de Chicago KW - Exposition universelle de Chicago KW - Kʻollŏmbia Segye Pangnamhoe KW - Kolumbická výstava KW - Shikago Koronbusu Sekai Hakurankai KW - Vsemirnai︠a︡ Kolumbova vystavka KW - Vsemīrnai︠a︡ Kolumbova vystavka v Chikago KW - Exposición Universal Columbina en Chicago KW - Kolumbus-Ausstellung UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78072037 AB - In 1893, the year that marked the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Columbus in the New World, Chicago was host to an exposition to mark the occasion. Although the World's Columbian Exposition was the fifteenth world's fair, it was of vastly greater scope than any of its predecessors. Chicago created a veritable new city. It was not only larger than any previous exposition but also more elaborately designed, more precisely laid out, more fully realized, and more prophetic. It was the first exposition truly to solicit the participation of the entire world.In this study of the White C ER -