Colonial exhibition 5074415 204744413 2008-04-10T18:21:12Z Sdrtirs 5924751 Tagging [[:Image:1931 Counter Exhibition.jpg]] which is up for deletion per [[WP:CSD|CSD]] ([[WP:TW|TW]]) [[Image:1931 Counter Exhibition.jpg|thumb|right|Counter exposition to the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris. Titled ''Truth on the Colonies'', it was organized by the [[French Communist Party|communists]]. The first section was dedicated to the crimes made during the colonial conquests, and quoted [[Albert Londres]] and [[André Gide]]'s criticisms of [[forced labour]] while the second one made an apology of the Soviets' "nationalities' policy" compared to "imperialist colonialism".|{{deletable image-caption|1=Thursday, 17 April 2008}}]] [[Image:1906 Marseilles colonial exhibition.jpg|thumb|right|[[Postcard]] of the [[Annam]] Tower built in [[Marseilles]] (France) for the 1906 Colonial Exhibition.]] A '''colonial exhibition''' is a type of [[World's Fair|international exhibition]] that was intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various [[colonialism|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 zoo]]s were featured in some of these exhibitions, such as in the Parisian 1931 exhibition.<ref>[http://www.africultures.com/anglais/articles_anglais/43blanchard.htm "From human zoos to colonial apotheoses: the era of exhibiting the Other" by Pascal Blanchard, Nicolas Bancel, and Sandrine Lemaire]</ref> ==Colonial exhibitions== Exhibitions which may be described as colonial exhibitions include: *[[Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia]] (1866) *[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1870) *[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1875) *[[Intercolonial Exhibition]] (1876) *[[Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling]] (1883) *[[Colonial and Indian Exhibition]] (1886) *[[Exposition internationale et coloniale]] (1894) *[[Exposição Insular e Colonial Portuguesa]] (1894) *[[Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale]] (1902) *[[United States, Colonial and International Exposition]] (1902) *[[Exposition coloniale]] (1906) *[[Franco-British Exhibition (1908)|Franco-British Exhibition]] (1908) *[[Koloniale Tentoonstelling]] (1914) *[[International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products]] (1921) *[[Festival of Empire]] (1911) *[[Exposition nationale coloniale]] (1922) *[[British Empire Exhibition]] (1924) *[[Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand]] (1930) *[[Exposition coloniale internationale]] (1931) *[[Paris Colonial Exposition]] (1931) <!--Possibly the same as the item above.--> *[[Exposição Colonial Portuguesa]] (1934) *[[Empire Exhibition (1936)|Empire Exhibition]] (1936) *[[Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938]] *[[Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung]] (1939) *[[Exposição do Mundo Português]] (1940) *[[Foire coloniale]] (1948) == See also == *[[Colonialism]] *[[Human zoo]] *[[List of world's fairs]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://lartnouveau.com/art_deco/expo_coloniale_1931.htm Exposition Coloniale of Paris 1931] photographs {{history-stub}} [[Category:History of Belgium]] [[Category:History of colonialism]] [[Category:French Third Republic]] [[Category:Contemporary German history]] [[Category:History of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:History of Portugal]] [[Category:Colonialism]] [[Category:World's Fairs|*]] [[es:Exposición colonial]] [[fr:Exposition coloniale]]