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Making photography matter : a viewer's history from the Civil War to the Great Depression /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finnegan, Cara A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Documentary photography > United States > History > 20th century.
Documentary photography > United States > History > 19th century.
Photography > Social aspects > United States.
Documentary photography.
Photography > Social aspects.
United States.
1800 - 1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The presence of unknown soldiers and imaginary spirits : viewing national grief and trauma in the Civil War
  • Recognizing Lincoln : portrait photography and the physiognomy of national character
  • Appropriating the healthy child : The child that toileth not and Progressive Era child labor photography
  • Managing the magnitude of the Great Depression : viewers respond to FSA photography.