Chicago World's Fair 1893 Short Video

Thanks to our friends over at the Pinky Show, we got to watch a cool video in class today. If you'd like to watch it again click here.

While I don't agree with all of the conclusions that the video comes to, it is an entraining and informative overview of both the Fair and American politics at the turn of the century.

Summary: Pinky takes you on a field trip to Chicago, Illinois, in search of the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
Included: a brief introduction to this important world's fair at the end of the 19th century; how the fair helped forge a new national identity; the role of the fair in redefining American attitudes toward the rest of the world; relationships between the fair and the development of U.S. imperialism; how the fair disappeared.