Silver Cities: Photographing American Urbanization, 1839-1939, Revised and Expanded Edition by Hales, Peter Bacon

First printing of revised and expanded edition. Large-format volume, measuring approximately 8.5" x 10.5", is bound in dark gray cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Lavishly illustrated. xx/506 pages."First published in 1984, "Silver Cities" rapidly became a classic in the history of photography and in the then-nascent field of visual culture studies. Now this vastly expanded edition presents a lively interdisciplinary history of the first century of urban photography in America. "Silver Cities" envisions the transformation of American civilization via mass-produced and mass-disseminated photography of cities made between 1839 and the onset of World War II.In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, urban photographers were visual explorers of the rapidly evolving urban sphere, but their understanding of that environment was defined by the prevailing cultural prejudices. To examine their visual products is to educate ourselves in the deepest concerns… Read More

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. revised expanded edition. 506 pages. 10.00x8.25x1.50 inches.

Albuquergue: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with spine stamped in silver. Profusely illustrated. 8 x 10 inches. 506 pages.

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Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. revised expanded edition. 506 pages. 10.00x8.25x1.50 inches.

University of New Mexico Press, 2006-02-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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