Mirror image; the influence of the daguerreotype on American society.

Main entry:

Rudisill, Richard.

Title & Author:

Mirror image; the influence of the daguerreotype on American society.

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publication:

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press [1971]

Description:

ix, 342 pages illustrations, 202 plates (including portraits) 29 cm

Notes:
Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Minnesota, 1967.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255).
The climate of need -- Origins and initial reception -- Naturalization into America -- The mirror of fact -- The "universal man" and the westering adventurer -- The recorder and the symbolist -- The artist and the mentor -- The daguerreotype as human truth -- The mirror of America.

Summary:

"This book describes the cultural, commercial, and social aspects of the daguerreotype, including the fascinating story of the daguereotypists, their methods, their studios, and their subjects"--Cover.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0826301983
9780826301987

Subject:

Daguerreotype.
Photography United States History.
Daguerréotype.
Photographie États-Unis Histoire.
daguerreotype (process)
Photography
Fotografie
Daguerreotypie
Sociale aspecten.
United States
USA
Photography History United States

Form/genre:

dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37060
Call No.: TR365.R8 (ID:88-B8115)
Status: Available

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