Railroad empire across the heartland : rephotographing Alexander Gardner's westward journey /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sherow, James Earl (Author)
Other Authors:	Charlton, John R. (Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Subjects:	West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890 > Pictorial works. Gardner, Alexander, > 1821-1882 > Travel > West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works. Railroads > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century > Pictorial works. United States > Territorial expansion > Pictorial works. West (U.S.) > Pictorial works. Repeat photography > West (U.S.) Landscape photography > West (U.S.)

Table of Contents:

1. From Alexander Gardner to John Charlton
2. "The new pioneer of population and settlement" : the making of an American imperial landscape
3. Imperial photographic pairings
Kansas on the edge
The "Free State" district
Trails to rails in Kansas
Westward the course of empire
4. Stereographic pairings
Epilogue: What kind of empire?