The Atlanta and Nashville world's fairs provided a local, national, and global stage for Southerners to prove how the South had embraced a rapidly changing world. As Nathan Cardon explores in A Dream of the Future, Southerners presented themselves as modern and imperial citizens ready to spread the South's culture and racial politics across the globe.
The Atlanta and Nashville world's fairs provided a local, national, and global stage for Southerners to prove how the South had embraced a rapidly cha...