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photography and the American West
By Sandweiss, Martha A.
- ISBN
- 978-0-30009-522-7
- Publisher
- New Haven [Conn.] ; Yale University Press, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2003
This passionate and compassionate book is closer to historiography (how historians do their work) than to history. Sandweiss (American studies & history, Amherst Coll.; coeditor, The Oxford History of the American West) describes how photography and the American West grew up simultaneously, beginning in the early 1800s. She explores imagery of the Mexican-American War, western expansion, photographic surveys, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
