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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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African Americans in the Chicago World's Fair of 1893
Christopher Reed has made another wonderful contribution to the historical scholarship. The current book is a very well-researched, compellingly argued refutation of the claim made by some contemporaries of the World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893 that African American participation in the event was very limited. Reed has shown that many blacks--both well-known and...
Published on May 30, 2000
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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nice idea, badly written
I agree with the earlier reviewer that Reed shows that blacks did participate in the Columbian Exposition of 1893, but to get to this point, the reader has to wade through some of the worst sentences I have ever read. I had to stop every 10 minutes or so to try to figure out what he meant to say and to give myself a break. The book should have been condensed to an...
Published on September 18, 2005 by A reader who likes good writing
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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African Americans in the Chicago World's Fair of 1893,
By A Customer
This review is from: "All the World Is Here!": The Black Presence at White City (Library Binding)
Christopher Reed has made another wonderful contribution to the historical scholarship. The current book is a very well-researched, compellingly argued refutation of the claim made by some contemporaries of the World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893 that African American participation in the event was very limited. Reed has shown that many blacks--both well-known and anonymous--attended the world's fair in various capacities. The photographs reinforce this point also. Reed further contends that the very high stature of Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, Ferdinand Barnett, and I. Garland Penn, the authors of an 1893 booklet called The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not Present in the World's Columbian Exposition, and the attention which the work drew from historians has led many to erroneously believe that there was virtually no black participation in the aforementioned event.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
nice idea, badly written,
By A reader who likes good writing (Columbia MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: "All the World Is Here!": The Black Presence at White City (Paperback)
I agree with the earlier reviewer that Reed shows that blacks did participate in the Columbian Exposition of 1893, but to get to this point, the reader has to wade through some of the worst sentences I have ever read. I had to stop every 10 minutes or so to try to figure out what he meant to say and to give myself a break. The book should have been condensed to an article. The chapter on the Haitian exhibit, for example, is only 6.5 pages long, spends three of those talking about Frederick Douglass, and in general seems like an afterthought. I don't think Reed ever clearly says what he is trying to prove, (despite the fact that he has about three introductions purporting to do so), you have to get his points through osmosis. Quite frankly this is one of the worst written books I have ever read, however good his ideas and research may be. I do not recommend it. I would not normally write such a scathing review but if I bought the book based on what the previous reviewer said I would be sorely disappointed.
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"All the World Is Here!": The Black Presence at White City by Christopher Robert Reed (Paperback - February 1, 2002)
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