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Empire of ruins : American culture, photography, and the spectacle of destruction /

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"Once symbols of the past, ruins have become ubiquitous signs of our future. Americans today encounter ruins in the media on a daily basis--images of abandoned factories and malls, toxic landscapes, devastating fires, hurricanes, and floods. In this sweeping study, Miles Orvell offers a new und...

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Main Author: Orvell, Miles (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Ruins in art.
Ruined buildings > Pictorial works.
Ruined buildings > Social aspects > United States.
Arts and society > United States.
Arts and society.
Ruined buildings.
United States.
Pictorial works.

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