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Book Review

Designing the Centennial: A History of the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia. By Bruno Giberti. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. xii, 304 pp. $50.00, ISBN 0-8131-2231-7.)
Images of the 1876 Centennial fair in Philadelphia have, I suspect, become staples of many undergraduate history survey courses—the huge crowds that gathered on opening day, Memorial Hall, the mighty Corliss engine. Given how familiar we think we are with this fair, it is remarkable that few people have looked into the planning and design of the event with much critical attention. Bruno Giberti has filled that void with his readable and lushly illustrated book Designing the Centennial. 1
     In six chapters, Giberti examines closely the fairs that preceded 1876, the design competition for the Main Building, the installation of the exhibits in that building, what visitors might have experienced viewing the exhibits, the "American system" of jury awards at the fair, and finally how the fair fit into the "exhibitionary complex" in Philadelphia. . . .
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