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1	The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg A classic examination of the roots of corporate culture, newly revised and updated for the twenty first century Alan Trachtenberg presents a balanced analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture more books like this by Robert C Allen, Alan Trachtenberg (Foreword by) Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
3	Reading American Photographs: Images as History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg Winner of the Charles C. Eldredge Prize. In this book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's most significant photographs, presenting them not as static images but rather as rich cultural texts suffused with meaning and historical content." Reading American Photographs" is lavishly illustrated with the work of such luminaries as Mathew ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $20.70! \| SVS
4	Distinctly American: The Photography of Wright Marris more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg The images of Wright Morris (1910-1998) are the expression of his lifelong quest to capture the soul and mystique of the American Midwest. Here, for the first time, the full emotional impact of his extraordinarily beautiful photographs--"a forceful as his better. Known prize-winning novels--"has been given free rein. see all copies from $3.70! new only from $29.70! \| first editions
5	Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg Fourteen of Walker Evans's evocative photographs of Brooklyn Bridge, most of which have never been published, appear in this edition of Alan Trachenberg's "Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol," In the new afterword Trachenberg explores the history of Hart Crane's "The Bridge," especially the poem's integral relationship with the powerful photography ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Tumultuous Fifties: A View from the New York Times Photo Archives more books like this by Douglas Dreishpoon see all copies from $4.05! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
7	Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary more books like this by John T Hill, Alan Trachtenberg Walker Evans's career spread over 46 fitful and prolific years, yet in a scant two, 1935-1936, he produced the singular body of work that came to define him. During that brief time, while working for the Farm Security Administration (previously the U.S. Resettlement Administration) photographing the consequences of the Great Depression, he refined ... see all copies from $31.40! new only from $42.55! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Classic Essays on Photography more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg Thirty essays that embody the history of photography. Contributors include Niepce, Daguerre, Fox, Talbot, Poe, Baudelaire, Emerson, Hine, Stieglitz, Weston, Abbot, Barthes, and others. see all copies from $10.58! new only from $12.46!
9	Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930 more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg Winner of the 2005 Francis Parkman Prize A century ago, U.S. policy aimed to sever the tribal allegiances of Native Americans, limit their ancient liberties, and coercively prepare them for citizenship. At the same time millions of arriving immigrants sought their freedom by means of that same citizenship. In this subtle, eye-opening new work, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Pragmatism and the Political Economy of Cultural Evolution more books like this by James Livingston, Alan Trachtenberg (Foreword by) The rise of corporate capitalism was a cultural revolution as well as an economic event, according to James Livingston. That revolution resides, he argues, in the fundamental reconstruction of selfhood, or subjectivity, that attends the advent of an "age of surplus" under corporate auspices. From this standpoint, consumer culture represents a ... see all copies from $6.79! new only from $6.95!
11 view cover	Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg A new assemblage of masterly essays from a foremost scholar of American history and culture Alan Trachtenberg has always been interested in cultural artifacts that register meanings and feelings that Americans share even when they disagree about them. Some of the most beloved ones--like the famous last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at the ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Edward Weston: Forms of Passion more books like this by Gilles Mora, Terence Pitts, Alan Trachtenberg The most comprehensive survey available of the work of Edward Weston, including more than 300 duotone images. see all copies from $93.93! first editions
13 view cover	Heber Springs Portraits: Continuity and Change in the World Disfarmer Photographed more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg, Toba Tucker (Photographer) Mike Disfarmer, an eccentric local recluse, photographed the residents of Heber Springs, Arkansas, in his studio on Main Street in the 1930s and 1940s. His glass-plate negatives were discovered fifteen years after his death. When she first saw an exhibit of Mike Disfarmer's portraits, Toba Tucker was intrigued by their raw honesty. Her curiosity ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.54! \| first editions
14 view cover	Paul Strand: Essays on His Life and Work more books like this by Maren Stang, Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction by) "Paul Strand is universally acclaimed as a master. His pictures rank highly among the most often reproduced masterworks of photography and have an honored place within the canon of modern art as such. People viewing his work for the first or the hundredth time find themselves captivated within a visual domain of extraordinary immediacy and ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $8.29!
15 view cover	Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, 1955-1958 more books like this by Sam A Stephenson, Alan Trachtenberg, W Eugene Smith In 1955, Having just ended his high-profile but stormy career with Life magazine by resigning, W. Eugene Smith was commissioned to spend three weeks in Pittsburgh and produce one hundred photographs for noted journalist and author Stefan Lorant's book commemorating the city's bicentennial. Smith stayed a year, compiling nearly sixteen thousand ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Photography in Nineteenth-Century America more books like this by Professor Martha A Sandweiss Six essays by noted scholars examine the varied ways in which photographs reflected and influenced 19th-century American life. Contributors include: Alan Trachtenberg, Barbara McCandless, Keith F. Davis, Peter B. Hales, Sarah Greenough, and the editor. Includes 244 photographs, many never-before-reproduced. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $175.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Mike Disfarmer: Original Disfarmer Photographs more books like this by Steven Kasher (Editor), Mike Disfarmer (Photographer), Alan Trachtenberg In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas artist known as Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America between 1939-1945. Critics have hailed Disfarmer's remarkable black and white portraits as "a work of artistic genius" and "a classical episode in the history of American photography." ?The Disfarmer ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $34.28! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Fragile Dwelling more books like this by Ms. Margaret Morton (Photographer), Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction by) In this photographic exploration of New York City's homeless community, a professor of art at Cooper Union shares 90 black-and-white shots of improvised shelters built by homeless people from scraps of metal, wood, and plastic during the early 1990s. The homes featured here were destroyed before this book's publication. see all copies from $16.50! new only from $43.00! \| first editions
19	Democratic Vistas, 1860-1880 more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg (Editor) see all copies from $3.79! first editions
20 view cover	Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes more books like this by Grant B Romer, Alan Trachtenberg, Wendy Wick Reaves see all copies from $50.40! new only from $104.20!
21	Multiple Exposure: The Group Portrait in Photography more books like this by Leslie Tonkonow, Alan Trachtenberg see all copies from $10.80! new only from $18.94! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Imprints: David Plowden: A Retrospective more books like this by David Plowden, Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction by) From trains and bridges to small towns, steel mills, and steamboats, photographer David Plowden has devoted his career to memorializing the vestiges of America's industrial and rural past. Published in conjunction with retrospectives opening at Yale University and in Buffalo, this book covers Plowden's career and the very best of his work. 170 ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
23	Paul Strand: Essays on His Life and Work more books like this by Paul Strand, Maren Stange (Editor), Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction by) "Paul Strand is universally acclaimed as a master. His pictures rank highly among the most often reproduced masterworks of photography and have an honored place within the canon of modern art as such. People viewing his work for the first or the hundredth time find themselves captivated within a visual domain of extraordinary immediacy and ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
24	The City: American Experience more books like this by Alan Trachtenberg see all copies from $2.17! first editions
25	America & Lewis Hine : photographs 1904-1940 : [exhibition] more books like this by Lewis Wickes Hine, Alan Trachtenberg, Brooklyn Museum see all copies from $45.00! first editions

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