Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iv
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction
6. Intro 1
7. A new state and a new nation? 5
8. The small Czechoslovak nation 7
9. Selective hierarchies 10
10. Book structure 12
11. 1. Continuities and Raptures: Exhibiting a Modern State
12. Introduction 17
13. Grounds of exhibitions 20
14. Establishing an exhibition model: Rio de Janeiro 1922 23
15. The politics of a national pavilion: Paris 1925 29
16. The hesitant exhibit: Philadelphia 1926 34
17. Exhibiting during the crises: Barcelona 1929 38
18. Recovery: Chicago 1933 42
19. Colonial company: Brussels 1935 47
20. Flow of display: Paris 1937 51
21. End of an era: New York and San Francisco, 1939–1940 55
22. The final rupture 60
23. Conclusion 65
24. 2. Exhibition Spaces
25. Introduction 67
26. Ephemerality of design 69
27. Contemplating exhibition spaces 73
28. Three-dimensional graphic design: Ladislav Sutnar 78
29. Designing a fairy tale 84
30. Journey through the pavilion 87
31. Czechoslovakia on display 90
32. Display techniques 94
33. Reception 97
34. Conclusion 100
35. 3. Art and Design: The Limits of Modernism
36. Introduction 103
37. First international exhibitions 107
38. Searching for a representative style 109
39. The state in arts and crafts 111
40. Crafts and tapestry 116
41. What is modern art and design 120
42. Whose modernism 121
43. What modernism? 124
44. The odd one out 129
45. Modernity across the ocean—Art in America 132
46. Conclusion 136
47. 4. Commodifying the State
48. Introduction 139
49. Economy and the new state 142
50. Modern folk industries: Detva 145
51. Detva on display 149
52. Nationalized consumption: Pilsner beer 153
53. Economies and nationalities 156
54. Truly Bohemian glass? 159
55. Exhibiting glass: Moser 161
56. Building a company, exhibition and the state: Baťa 166
57. Business with pleasure 169
58. Conclusion: the limits of loyalty 174
59. 5. People of the Fair
60. Introduction 177
61. “Czechoslovaks” in the USA 180
62. A painting under the arm 182
63. Czechs and Slovaks of Chicago 184
64. Where is my homeland 189
65. The diaspora at the fair 191
66. “Native” experience 197
67. Gendered fairs 200
68. National days 205
69. Conclusion 211
70. 6. Race Science, and Ethnicity: Molding the Ideal Czechoslovak
71. Introduction 215
72. Establishing hierarchies 217
73. What are the Czechoslovaks 222
74. Eugenics at exhibitions and congresses 224
75. Eugenics in Czechoslovakia 227
76. Race and ethnicity displays 230
77. Visualizing race and humanity 234
78. The ideal man, the ideal Czechoslovak 237
79. Hygiene and health 242
80. Conclusion 245
81. 7. Conclusion
82. Introduction 247
83. Modernity and modernism 252
84. Classifications and hierarchies 254
85. Agency 256
86. Trajectories and developments 257
87. Crumbling façade 257
88. Bibliography 259
89. Index 283