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Dream City, Plaster City: Worlds’ Fairs and the Gilding of American Material Culture

✍ Scribed by Graff, Rebecca S.

Book ID
118799469
Publisher
Springer
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
561 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1092-7697

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