Asia in America, St Louis Worlds Fair
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Channel: King Rose Archives · 2013 · Education
One of the goals of the St. Louis World's Fair was to introduce Americans to other cultures after the Spanish--American War. The United States had acquired new territories such as Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico during that War and some natives from these areas were brought to be on "display" at the fair. Such displays included the Apache of the American Southwest and the Igorot of the Philippines, both of which peoples were dubbed as "primitive". In contrast, the Japan pavilion advanced the idea of a modern yet exotic culture unfamiliar to the turn-of-the-century Western world, much as it had during the earlier Chicago World's Fair. To license footage, please contact: https://www.globalimageworks.com/contact S035
