The San Diego World's Fairs and southwestern memory, 1880-1940 /

Bokovoy, Matthew F., 1969-

The San Diego World's Fairs and southwestern memory, 1880-1940 / Matthew F. Bokovoy. - 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Spanish fantasy heritage, social politics.

9780826336446 (e-book)


Panama-California Exposition San Diego, Calif.) (1915 :
Panama-California International Exposition San Diego, Calif.) (1916 :
California Pacific International Exposition San Diego, Calif.) (1935-1936 :


San Diego (Calif.)--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

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