Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Photojournalism, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | James Robertson Jr., Thavolia Glymph, Daniel Sutherland, Kathryn Shively Meier, Stephen Cushman, Elizabeth Varon, Judith A. Giesberg, James Marten, T. Parrish, William Blair, Joseph Glatthaar, Jane Schultz, Stephen Berry, Steven Woodworth, Caroline E. Janney, Joan Waugh, Earl Hess, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Emory Thomas, Harold Holzer, Amy Taylor, Stephen Berry, Brooks D. Simpson, Ethan S. Rafuse, Carol Reardon, Megan Kate Nelson, Susan Eva O'Donovan | ISBN: | 9780820348117 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press | Publication: | April 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Georgia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Robertson Jr., Thavolia Glymph, Daniel Sutherland, Kathryn Shively Meier, Stephen Cushman, Elizabeth Varon, Judith A. Giesberg, James Marten, T. Parrish, William Blair, Joseph Glatthaar, Jane Schultz, Stephen Berry, Steven Woodworth, Caroline E. Janney, Joan Waugh, Earl Hess, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Emory Thomas, Harold Holzer, Amy Taylor, Stephen Berry, Brooks D. Simpson, Ethan S. Rafuse, Carol Reardon, Megan Kate Nelson, Susan Eva O'Donovan |
| ISBN: | 9780820348117 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press |
| Publication: | April 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Georgia Press |
| Language: | English |
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental history.
The essays describe a wide array of photographs and present an eclectic approach to the assignment, organized by topic: Leaders, Soldiers, Civilians, Victims, and Places. Readers will rediscover familiar photographs and figures examined in unfamiliar ways, as well as discover little-known photographs that afford intriguing perspectives. All the images are reproduced with exquisite care. Readers fascinated by the Civil War will want this unique book on their shelves, and lovers of photography will value the images and the creative, evocative reflections offered in these essays.
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental history.
The essays describe a wide array of photographs and present an eclectic approach to the assignment, organized by topic: Leaders, Soldiers, Civilians, Victims, and Places. Readers will rediscover familiar photographs and figures examined in unfamiliar ways, as well as discover little-known photographs that afford intriguing perspectives. All the images are reproduced with exquisite care. Readers fascinated by the Civil War will want this unique book on their shelves, and lovers of photography will value the images and the creative, evocative reflections offered in these essays.
