Alan Trachtenberg (1932–2020)
Autor/a de The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age
Sobre l'autor
Alan Trachtenberg is the Neil Gray, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies at Yale University
Crèdit de la imatge: Jonathan Weinberg
Obres de Alan Trachtenberg
America and Lewis Hine Photographs, 1904-1940 1 exemplars
Lewis Hine 1874-1940 1 exemplars
America & Lewis Hine. Photographs 1904-1940 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century (1977) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 337 exemplars
The American image: Photographs from the National Archives, 1860-1960 (1979) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 148 exemplars
Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Documents and Essays (1993) — Col·laborador — 76 exemplars
Museums in the Material World (Leicester Readers in Museum Studies) (2007) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1932-03-22
- Data de defunció
- 2020-08-18
- Gènere
- male
- Lloc de naixement
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Educació
- University of Minnesota (PhD | American Studies)
- Professions
- professor (college)
historian - Biografia breu
- Alan Trachtenberg is Neil Gray, Jr. Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies at Yale University.
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Ressenyes
Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making… de Alan Trachtenberg
Ugh!
An examination in the style of literary criticism of photography and literature as it searches for American culture, particularly American city culture. The literature and collections of photography examined were created between 1830 and 1950.
The best essay in the collection is the title essay. Trachtenberg's discussion of the narrative the viewer crafts through the viewing of portraits is fascinating. I lost interest a few pages into the essay on "Photographs as Symbolic History." I think most of his points have already been covered in other books on photographic history. The book would be especially interesting to Hawthorne readers. I never considered House of Seven Gables from that perspective before.
Reviewed by Mr. Overeem (Language Arts)
In 1955, groundbreaking photojournalist Gene Smith was hired to create a photo essay documenting Pittsburgh's evolution from an environmental threat to a city of the future. Trouble was, Smith didn't quite see it the way his employers did, and a three-week project turned into an art statement of Joycean complexity, Herculean proportions, and Sisyphean patience. Smith "failed," but as the photographs herein will attest, he left behind fragments of stunning depth. This book made me want to buy a camera and learn to "see."… (més)
In 1955, groundbreaking photojournalist Gene Smith was hired to create a photo essay documenting Pittsburgh's evolution from an environmental threat to a city of the future. Trouble was, Smith didn't quite see it the way his employers did, and a three-week project turned into an art statement of Joycean complexity, Herculean proportions, and Sisyphean patience. Smith "failed," but as the photographs herein will attest, he left behind fragments of stunning depth. This book made me want to buy a camera and learn to "see."… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 18
- També de
- 6
- Membres
- 1,046
- Popularitat
- #24,628
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 5
- ISBN
- 24
- Llengües
- 1