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Creating Picturesque America Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape
by Rainey, Sue
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0826512577
- ISBN 13
- 9780826512574
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
EB: Vanderbilt University Press. Very Good. 1995. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN. 1994. Xvii, 373 pgs. Includes b&w illustrations from the original books. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Residue present to the endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This study analyzes the images and messages contained in the subscription book that celebrated the variety and potential of America's landscapes and cities in the decade after the Civil War, exploring how the book presented reassuring images and avoided disturbing social problems. It looks at Picturesque America 's images of women and minorities, and its portrayal of reconciliation between the South and the North and the incorporation of the West. EB; 6.75 X 1.25 X 9.75 inches; 383 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69030
- Title
- Creating Picturesque America Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape
- Author
- Rainey, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0826512577
- ISBN 13
- 9780826512574
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Place of Publication
- EB
- Date Published
- 1995
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