books.google.com - Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent scientific...http://books.google.com/books/about/All_the_World_s_a_Fair.html?id=WFnU6Igs7AEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAll the World's a Fair