Download or read book Envisioning the Nation written by Astrid Böger and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although designed to showcase world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation, the world expositions of the 19th and early 20th centuries also promoted American nationalism and exceptionalism, recasting world history from an American point of view" résumé de l'éditeur.