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Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance
By Garvey, Ellen Gruber
- ISBN
- 978-0-19539-034-6 978-0-19992-769-2
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2012 | Literature
Garvey (English, New Jersey City Univ.) here discusses scrapbooks as a medium for recording events of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whether in the realm of family life, war, social movements, or special interests. Garvey stresses that the scrapbook as a medium is important not only for what it contains but also for how its contents are presented. Scrapbooks of the 19th century were often homemade, consisting of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
