Bearing witness : a photographic chronicle of American life, 1860-1945 / Michael Lesy ; with a preface by Warren I. Susman.

Main entry:

Lesy, Michael, 1945- author.

Title & Author:

Bearing witness : a photographic chronicle of American life, 1860-1945 / Michael Lesy ; with a preface by Warren I. Susman.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [1982]
Westford, Massachusetts : Murray Printing Company
©1982

Description:

xx, 171 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
The Civil War -- The West -- Black life -- City life -- Industry and agriculture -- Child labor and strikes -- The Philippine insurrection -- Ideal and comic types -- Misfortunes -- World War One -- Women after the war -- Farm life -- The depression -- War mobilization -- Workers and citizens -- Romance and family life -- World War Two: Pacific -- World War Two: Europe.

Summary:

Period photographs document American daily life, wartime experiences, disasters, family life, agriculture, and industry, from the Civil War through World War II.

ISBN:

0394509676
9780394509679
0394749421 (pbk.)
9780394749426 (pbk.)

Subject:

United States History 1865-1921 Pictorial works.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works.
United States History 1919-1933 Pictorial works.
United States History 1933-1945 Pictorial works.
United States Pictorial works.
États-Unis Histoire 1865-1921 Ouvrages illustrés.
États-Unis Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Ouvrages illustrés.
États-Unis Histoire 1919-1933 Ouvrages illustrés.
États-Unis Histoire 1933-1945 Ouvrages illustrés.
United States
United States History Pictorial works 1865-1921
United States History Pictorial works 1919-1933
United States History Pictorial works 1933-1945
United States History Pictorial works Civil War, 1861-1865

Form/genre:

photobooks.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Photobooks.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Susman, Warren, 1927-1985, writer of preface.
Mitchell, Susan L. (Designer), book designer.
Pantheon Books, publisher.
Centennial Graphics, Inc., typographer.
Murray Printing Company, printer, binder.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 10841
Call No.: ID:87-B13944
Status: Available

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