Print the Legend: Photography and the American WestYale University Press, 2002 M01 1 - 402 páginas A compelling story of how the new medium of photography and the new American frontier came of age together--illustrated with scores of stunning images This prize-winning book tells the intertwined stories of photography and the American West--a new medium and a new place that came of age together in the nineteenth century. "Excellent . . . rewarding . . . a provocative look at the limits of photography as recorder of history--and its role in perpetuating myth."--Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News "A sophisticated and engaging exploration of photography and the West . . . A really handsome work."--James McWilliams, Austin Chronicle "A wonderful book."--Vernon Peter, Sunday Oregonian "A deliciously intelligent new book . . . so engrossing you can't stop reading."--Michael More, Albuquerque Journal "Print the Legend belongs on that short shelf of essential books about the American West."--James P. Ronda, University of Tulsa |
Contenido
Acknowledgments | ix |
Picture Stories Photography and the NineteenthCentury West | 1 |
The Spirit Is Wanting Photography and the MexicanAmerican War | 15 |
Of Instruction for Their Faithfulness Panoramas Indian Galleries and Western Daguerreotypes | 47 |
A Panorama of the Country Government Enterprise Daguerreotypes and the Exploration of the Far West | 87 |
The Attempt Has Not Met with Distinguished Success Early WetPlate Photography and Western Exploration | 121 |
Westward the Course of Empire Photography and the Invention of an American Future | 155 |
Mementoes of the Race Photography and the American Indian | 207 |
Print the Legend Western Photography and the Illustrated Book | 275 |
Pictures as History and Memory Photography and the Story of the Western Past | 325 |
Notes | 345 |
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Print the Legend: Photography and the American West Martha A. Sandweiss Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |