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A colonial exhibition was a type of international exhibition intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonial empires during the New Imperialism period, which started in the 1880s with the scramble for Africa. The 1924 British Empire Exhibition was one, as was the successful 1931 Exposition coloniale in Paris, which lasted six months and attracted 34 million visitors.
Germany and Portugal also staged colonial exhibitions, as well as Belgium, which had a Foire coloniale as late as 1948. Human zoos were featured in some of these exhibitions, such as in the Parisian 1931 exhibition.[1]
Colonial exhibitions
Exhibitions which may be described as colonial exhibitions include:
See also
References
- ^ "From human zoos to colonial apotheoses: the era of exhibiting the Other" by Pascal Blanchard, Nicolas Bancel, and Sandrine Lemaire
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