Mystery and Marvel

Auteur

John Henry Hepp, IV, is professor emeritus of history at Wilkes University and was born and raised in greater Philadelphia. His teaching and research interests center on the effects of technological and economic change on everyday urban life over the last four centuries or so. He has written books, articles, and encyclopedia entries on a variety of Philadelphia topics, concentrating on the period 1850 to 1940. He has been interested in the Centennial since childhood, when his grandparents would tell him stories of the fair when they drove through Fairmount Park.

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Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World's Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.