An Epistemology for Empire
The Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 1893-1926
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16529147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Conn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-563 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomatic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-2096 • E-ISSN: 1467-7709 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0145-2096.00138 |
| OpenAlex | W2066058907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the summer of 1893, William Wilson, a professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania, joined millions of other Americans at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The White City, as the fair had come to be known, amazed Wilson just as it had so many other visitors. Unlike his compatriots, however, Wilson returned home resolved not to let the experience of the fair simply fade into memory. Instead, Wilson decided that he would create an institution to permanently enshrine the object lessons on display in Chicago. Thus was born the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Founded in 1893, the museum moved into its own building in 1897 and received its official dedication in 1899. Eventually, the museum's complex would include several buildings, its own printing press, and countless exhibits. It proposed to facilitate American economic expansion overseas through spectacular exhibits and extensive publication of information. As the only such institution in the United States, the Commercial Museum gave Americans the opportunity to see the possibilities of a commercial empire given material form
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Empire · Exposition (narrative · Institution · Literature · Object (grammar · Political science · White (mutation · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |