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Best of All Possible Islands: Seville's Universal Exposition, the New Spain, and the New Europe

Contributor(s): Maddox, Richard (Author)

ISBN: 9780791461211

Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Pub Date: July 15, 2004

Dewey: 907.44686

LCCN: 2003059060

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.13" H x 9.38" L x 6.42" W ( 1.45 lbs) 392 pages

Series: Suny National Identities

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Description: Uses the world's fair of 1992 to spotlight changes in the political cultures of Spain and Europe.

Brief description: Richard Maddox is Associate Professor of Anthropology and History at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of El Castillo: The Politics of Tradition in an Andalusian Town.

Review Quotes: "Richard Maddox is equally adept at describing a local family's outing at the Expo as he is discussing world leaders' reactions to the Expo. He skillfully interweaves his focus on local traditions and cosmopolitan liberalism, showing them to be the same, in many cases."

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