US History in 15 Photographs
1865 to the 21st century
$73.20
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2026
Summary
Photographs are more than just illustrations of a moment in time, they offer a powerful way to interpret and understand the past like no other historical source can. U.S. History in 15 Photographs introduces this power through 15 iconic and lesser-known photographs representing key eras in American History. Taking the reader from Reconstruction and Westward Expansion, to the Roaring Twenties and the World Wars, right up to Modern American Culture, it offers a refreshing, visual account of Ame…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350463370 |
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| ISBN-10: | 135046337X |
| Author: | Rebecca S. Wingo, Lauren Tilton |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 28mm |
| Series: | History in 15 |
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“Brilliantly curated, this volume brings together some of the leading historians of race, gender, labor, and empire to explore U.S. history through the lens of photography. Richly illustrated and intellectually engaging, it offers students a compelling new way to study the past.” * Elspeth Brown, University of Toronto, Canada *
About The Author
Rebecca S. Wingo
Rebecca S. Wingo is Director of Public History and Assistant Professor of History at University of Cincinnati, USA. A settler scholar of the Indigenous and American Wests, her work examines the use of photography as a tool of settler colonialism.
Lauren Tilton is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at University of Richmond, USA, where she also directs the Distant Viewing Lab. Her research focuses on analyzing, developing, and applying digital and computational methods to the study of 20th and 21st century documentary expression and visual culture.
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