| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Edwards, Elizabeth, 1952-; |
| Call Number | PFS |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2012. |
| Pagination | xv, 326 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Publisher | Duke University Press, |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-319) and index. "In the camera as historian, the groundbreaking historical and visual anthropologist Elizabeth Edwards works with an archive of neraly 55,000 photographs taken by 1,000 photographers, mostly unknown until now." -- Inside cover. |
| Place made | Durham, NC : |
The camera as historian : amateur photographers and historical imagination, 1885-1918 / Elizabeth Edwards.
Abstract
"Sacred monuments of the nation's growth and hope" : amateur photography and imagining the past -- "A credit to yourself and your country" : amateur photographers and the survey and record movement -- Unblushing realism : practices of evidence, style, and archive -- "To be a source of pride" : local histories and national identities -- "Doomed and threatened" : photography, disappearance, and survival -- "To quicken the instincts" : photographs as public history -- Afterlives and legacies : an epilogue.
Shelf Items
| Barcode | Call Suffix | Volume | Part | Year | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10648 | PFS | Photographs | Staff Use Only |