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The camera and the press : American visual and print culture in the age of the daguerreotype / Marcy J. Dinius.

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"Before most Americans ever saw an actual daguerreotype, they encountered this visual form through written descriptions, published and rapidly reprinted in newspapers throughout the land. In The Camera and the Press, Marcy J. Dinius examines how the first written and published responses to the...

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Main Author: Dinius, Marcy J.
Other title:American visual and print culture in the age of the daguerreotype
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Material texts.
Subjects:
Photography in literature > History > 19th century.
Literature and photography > United States > History > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century > Illustrations > Public opinion.
Daguerreotype > United States > History > 19th century.
Documentary photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Visual communication > United States > History > 19th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 19th century.
Visual communication
Public opinion
Daguerreotype
Documentary photography > Social aspects
Literature and photography
Photography in literature
United States
1800 - 1899
History

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Call Number: PS374.P43 D56 2012eb
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