The Best of All Possible Islands: Seville's Universal Exposition, the New Spain, and the New Europe

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357 Index Abeles, Marc, 331n4 Advertising, 79, 90 Africa: Expo exhibits of, 161, 167; Expo pavilion of, 73, 78, 187, 194, 202; and the media, 169; Spanish relations with, 61. See also individual African countries “Age of Discoveries”: choice of, as Expo theme, 3, 102–3, 108; definition of, 55–57, 160; and discoverers versus ordinary people, 226–29; exhibits about, 84–89, 160–61, 173, 207–8; and Magic Island, 307; and new millennium , 78; response of Expo audience to, 108; role of Spain during, 57, 207–8; and technology, 78, 80, 88 Aguire, Jesús (duke of Alba), 117 Alarcón, Ricardo, 248 Alberti, Rafael, 249 Alfonso XIII, 16, 37, 38 Alianza Popular (AP), 17–21 Allen, Ted, 130 Allwood, John, 323n5, 328n3 Amaikurko Quetzal, 285 Ambasz, Emilio, 329n7 America(s): and Asturias, 214; and Basque country, 210; and Columbus, 3, 38, 44; and Expo media coverage, 163, 277; Expo pavilions of, 187; Expo plaza of, 126, 194–97, 202, 206, 303; and Extremadura, 216; and Galicia , 212; and Native Americans, 188, 190; and Navarre, 213–14; and Seville, 44; Spanish discovery of, 55–56, 208; visit of Juan Carlos to, 38–40; and world fairs, 10, 42. See also Central America; Ibero-America; Latin America; individual American countries Amiguismo (cronyism), 107–8, 121, 318–19 Amodia, José, 334n2 Amusement parks. See Magic Island; Metropolitan Space for Culture and Amusement; Park of Discoveries Anarchists, 283, 285–86 Anarchy, 31, 314 Andalucía. See Andalusia Andalusia (Andalucía): autonomy of, 53, 62, 271, 328nn2,3; and Blas Infante , 328n3, 332n6; and Cartuja ’93, 301–3; and cosmopolitan liberalism, 6, 112; culture of, 323n2; diversity of, 217–18; economic development of, 4, 49, 63–64, 76, 110–11, 301; elections in, 115; and ethnographic studies, 323nn2,3; and Expo closing, 291–94; and Expo commissioner general, 52–55; Expo day of honor of, 220, 291; Expo exhibits of, 101, 219; and Expo investment, 55; Expo pavilion of, 205, 217–19, 268; and Expo planning, 55–56, 97–98, 124; gold medal of, 140; incomes of, 205; as link to New World, 82, 131, 218–19; and new Andalusia, 270; outsider attitudes toward, 241–42, 260–61, 264–65; political significance of, 47–49, 104, 110–11; politics in, 18, 26, 47–49, 52–53, 150–51, 334n3; population of, 47; regionalist sentiment in, 328n3; subsidies to, 70, 110, 204; and Tierras del Jerez pavilion, 268; traditions versus modernity of, 218, 221, 260, 270–72; unemployment in, 47–48, 248. See also Autonomous regions of Spain; Junta de Andalucía; Seville Andalusians: and anti-Expo protests, 283–85; attitudes of, toward Expo, 28, 135, 148, 152, 154, 164–65, 218–19, 253, 281; complaints of, about Expo funds, 127; contributions of, to Expo, 147; cultural identity of, 154, 218–19; diversity of, 217–18; Expo attendance of, 230, 236, 253, 273–74; Expo performances of, 219; impact of Expo on, 112; incomes of, 205; in middle class, 112; outsider attitudes toward, 260–61, 264–65; as victims of ETA, 178; in working class, 111, 192 Andean Pact, 33, 198 Anderson, John Lee, 327n1 Angola, 202 Anguita, Julio, 129 Anthropological studies. See Ethnographic studies Antiterrorist strategies, 69, 128, 211, 283, 298 Aparicio, Ginés, 99 Appadurai, Arjun, 314, 325n1, 327n5 Arab League, 201–2 Arab nations, 201–2 Aracena: and civic culture, 280–81; and cosmopolitanism, 273, 279–81; economic effects of Expo on, 274; “El Castillo” church of, 278–80; and European integration, 277, 279–80; and Expo attendance, 28–29, 273–81; politics in, 277–80; population and location of, 7, 273–74; research in, 7, 273; and traditions, 7, 275–81 Aragon, 57, 62, 214–15. See also Autonomous regions of Spain Aranguren, José Luis, 166 Ardanza, José Antonio, 69, 134, 210, 213 Arenas, Javier, 292 Argentina, 67–68 Arias Navarro, Carlos, 37, 40 Arroyo, Antonio, 101 Asad, Talal, 327n6 Asia: Expo participation of, 73, 78, 167, 187, 194; and globalization, 315. See also individual Asian countries Asturias, 62, 70, 214, 220. See also Autonomous regions of Spain Atahualpa, 82 Atomium, 159 Australia: Expo pavilion of, 73, 77, 126, 187, 202; world fair in, 64, 73, 77 Austria, 182, 242, 285, 313 Authority. See Cultural authority Autonomous regions of Spain: categories of, 62–63, 204–5; constitutional basis of, 17, 46; creation of, 20, 22, 62, 69; differences and inequalities of, 47–48, 62–63, 204–6, 210–13, 217, 221, 265–66; and “Europe of the autonomies ,” 133...