{"product_id":"disposing-of-modernity-the-archaeology-of-garbage-and-consumerism-during-chicagos-1893-worlds-fair-paperback","title":"Disposing of Modernity: The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism during Chicago's 1893 World's Fair - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca S. Graff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring twentieth-century urban America through trash and artifacts from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough archaeological and archival research from sites associated with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, \u003ci\u003eDisposing of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e explores the changing world of urban America at the turn of the twentieth century. Featuring excavations of trash deposited during the fair, Rebecca Graff's first-of-its-kind study reveals changing consumer patterns, notions of domesticity and progress, and anxieties about the modernization of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraff examines artifacts, architecture, and written records from the 1893 fair's Ohio Building, which was used as a clubhouse for fairgoers in Jackson Park, and the Charnley-Persky House, an aesthetically modern city residence designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Many of the items she uncovers were products that first debuted at world's fairs, and materials such as mineral water bottles, cheese containers, dentures, and dinnerware illustrate how fairs created markets for new goods and influenced consumer practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraff discusses how the fair's ephemeral nature gave it transformative power in Chicago society, and she connects its accompanying \"conspicuous disposal\" habits to today's waste disposal regimes. Reflecting on the planning of the the Obama Presidential Center at the site of the Chicago World's Fair, she draws attention to the ways the historical trends documented here continue in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca S. Graff\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45645944619110,"sku":"9780813081618","price":57.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/stTkJoLpO_9780813081618.webp?v=1779396684","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/disposing-of-modernity-the-archaeology-of-garbage-and-consumerism-during-chicagos-1893-worlds-fair-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}