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Author Best, Makeda, 1975- author.

Title Elevate the masses : Alexander Gardner, photography, and democracy in nineteenth-century America / Makeda Best
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages)
Contents Introduction : elevate the masses -- The fierce flames of democracy -- Remove the foul blot -- Labor's portrait gallery -- Washington's promise -- Conclusion : convince the understanding, arouse the conscience
Summary "Examines the work of the photographer Alexander Gardner and explores transatlantic dialogues in American Civil War-era photography, demonstrating the concern over issues such as photography as a documentary form, the meaning of democracy, and the impact of industrialization on labor and social relations"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 fast
Subject Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
PHOTOGRAPHY -- Individual Photographers -- Monographs.
Democracy
Labor movement
Photography
Slavery
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography
Subject United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271087542
0271087544
9780271087528
0271087528