Expo 58 - PLUVINAGE
Between utopia and reality
KORTE INHOUD
The last universal and international exhibition organised by Belgium was held from 17 April to 19 October 1958. Approximately 18 million visitors thronged to visit the numerous pavilions of the ephemeral town that seemed to bring to life the old utopian dream of an ideal city where progress and fraternity among peoples contributed to creating peace and prosperity among mankind. The purpose of this book, with its focus on the multitude of players and participants in Expo 58, is to delve back once more into the context of this amazing spectacle, to open a window on the history of Belgium at the end of the 1950s. The book is an endeavour to decipher how an event that was simultaneously political, economical, social and cultural, in fact, a colossal enterprise, became the witness of its period. A mirror of a society in transition, Expo 58 reflected not only the economic, technological and urban modernity that heralded the prosperity of the Golden Sixties, but also the permanent nature of traditional social syste...
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The last universal and international exhibition organised by Belgium was held from 17 April to 19 October 1958. Approximately 18 million visitors thronged to visit the numerous pavilions of the ephemeral town that seemed to bring to life the old utopian dream of an ideal city where progress and fraternity among peoples contributed to creating peace and prosperity among mankind. The purpose of this book, with its focus on the multitude of players and participants in Expo 58, is to delve back once more into t...
