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Author:
Ormos, I., author.
Title:
Cairo in Chicago : Cairo Street at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 / István Ormos
Publisher:
Institute Français d'Archéologie Orientale,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xiv, 448 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plan ; 33 cm + 1 leaf (31 x 66 cm, folded to 31 cm)
Subject:
World's Columbian Exposition--(1893 :--Chicago, Ill.).--Cairo Street.
World's Columbian Exposition.
Architecture, Egyptian--Chicago--Chicago--Exhibitions.
Architecture, Egyptian.
Cairo (Egypt)--Symbolic representation.
Egypt--Cairo.
Illinois--Chicago.
Exhibition catalogs.
Notes:
Folded leaf in pocket: Ground plan of Cairo Street Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- World's Fairs : key points of an outline -- The architecture of World's Fairs -- Interest in the Orient -- Basic facts about the Fair -- Midway Plaisance -- The history of Cairo Street -- A description of Cairo Street -- Activities in Cairo Street -- The belly dance -- Success of Cairo Street -- The end of the Fair -- The afterlife of the Fair -- Opinions of Egyptian/Arabs about the World's Columbian Exposition -- Photography at the Fair -- Conclusion.
Series:
Études urbaines, 1110-2497 ; 11
ISBN:
2724707664
9782724707663
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1252786729
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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