Between color and lights

The Pan American International Exhibition in 1901

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2020.3.36443

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Pan-American Exhibition, Pan-Americanism, United States, Latin America

Abstract

This article analyzes the concept of pan-americanism present in the organization and execution of the Pan-American International Exhibition of Buffalo, New York, in 1901. Remembered foremost as the site of the assassination of President McKinley by an anarchist activist, the exposition was also notable for its imperialist tone that demonstrated the limits of pan-americanism. The exposition theme was characterized by the use of color and electricity that demonstrated the power of technology and the abundance of natural resources across the hemisphere. The Buffalo Exposition was also distinguished by the prominence of evolutionary ideologies evidenced by the ethnographic displays along the Midway. This essay outlines the central ideas that shaped the development of the Pan American Exhibition Company in organizing the event.

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Mônica de Souza Nunes Martins, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Doutora em História Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil), professora da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), em Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brasil. Pesquisadora associada ao INCT Proprietas/CNPq. Pesquisa parcialmente financiada pela Capes (Código 001), Programa Professor Visitante Júnior no Exterior.

Teresa Cribelli, University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa, Estados Unidos da América

Professora do Departamento de História da Universidade do Alabama, pesquisadora associada ao INCT Proprietas/CNPq

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2020-12-16

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Martins, M. de S. N., & Cribelli, T. (2020). Between color and lights: The Pan American International Exhibition in 1901. Estudos Ibero-Americanos, 46(3), e36443. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2020.3.36443

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Vol. 46 No. 3 (2020)

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Pan-americanismo: novos olhares sobre as relações continentais

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