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Experiencing Expos: An Oral History of U.S. Citizens' Engagement with World's Fairs, 1962 - 2017

This paper reflects findings from an oral history conducted between September 2021 and January 2022 with 46 narrators representing U.S. citizens who experienced Expos in the United States and abroad.

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