Bazaars and fair ladies : the history of the American fundraising fair
- Title
- Bazaars and fair ladies : the history of the American fundraising fair / Beverly Gordon.
- Published by
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1998.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 285 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- The many meanings of the fundraising fair and an overview of its development -- The tensions of the antebellum fair : moral crusades and "bewitching" ladies -- The excitement and lasting legacy of the Civil War sanitary fairs -- Other fairs of the Civil War and Reconstruction periods -- The heyday of the fundraising fair : "anything to attract" at the turn of the century -- Fairs during and between the world wars -- The contemporary fair : developments since World War II -- Conclusions.
- Call number
- JFE 98-11323
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.
- Author
- Gordon, Beverly.
- Title
- Bazaars and fair ladies : the history of the American fundraising fair / Beverly Gordon.
- Imprint
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1998.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.
- LCCN
- 97045425
- ISBN
- 1572330147 (alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 98-11323