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Silver cities : the photography of American urbanization, 1839-1915
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- Creator
- Peter B. Hales
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1984
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- x, 315 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0877222991, 9780877222996
- OCLC
- ocm09646467, ocm09646467
- "Focus[es] on five of the largest urban centers in America - San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Boston, and New York City - during different stages of growth"--Page 2 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309) and index.
- Development of an urban photographic style, 1839-1870 -- Grand style urban photography, 1870-1893 -- At its peak : grand style photography and the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1895 -- The hidden hand : Jacob Riis and the birth of reform photography -- Photography and the dynamic city, 1890-1915