The Book of Fairs

The modern world's fair brings into one magic city all the wonders of our civilization- its arts, inventions, amusements, projects for the future. It brings t ogether millions of people from all the world in a great demonstration of friendliness. The story of fairs is an astonishing record of a human institution that began long before history. This book, the first ge~eral history of fairs in English, follows the fair through the ages from Biblical Tyre to New York City in 1939. It follows, too, the development of trade itself, of changing habits and amusements, of commodities, transport, and social life in general. Certain great fairs, and the life in and around them, have been chosen as highlights of this story.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 FAIRS BEFORE HISTORY

2 JOYOUS CITIES

3 THE ROMAN WORLD

4 VOYAGE TO CATHAY

5 JEAN GOES TO CHAMPAGNE

6 NEW GOODS AND NEW PLACES

7 ENGLISH VARIETY

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