Article: THE BATTLE OF PEACE AND INDUSTRY.(Brief Article)

Expos may be overrated and commercialized, but, as Hanover shows, they can still teach us important lessons.

What are Great Exhibitions for? The first exposition [1] was organized in the Chateau of St Cloud by the Marquis d'Aveze in 1797. It had the express intention of reviving the trade of the old royal factories like Sevres and Gobelins, to try to reduce the distress of the skilled workmen who had fallen into poverty after the Revolution. Though many people had previews of the show (and the pauperized workers benefitted a little from their orders), it was closed just before the official opening date because the Directory banished all aristocrats from the Paris ...

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