Flood of Pictures
Explores how the widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a nineteenth-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken words
When and how did pictures start to permeate everyday lives in the United States? What happened to those daily lives when they did? And what happened to pictures in the process? In this full-color, heavily illustrated book, Michael Leja traces the beginnings of...
Explores how the widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a nineteenth-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken words
When and how did pictures start to permeate everyday lives in the United States? What happened to those daily lives when they did? And what happened to pictures in the process? In this full-color, heavily illustrated book, Michael Leja traces the beginnings of...
