Main entry:

Hales, Peter B. (Peter Bacon)

Title & Author:

Silver cities : the photography of American urbanization, 1839-1915 / Peter B. Hales.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1984.

Description:

x, 315 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.

Series:

American civilization

Notes:
"Focus[es] on five of the largest urban centers in America - San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Boston, and New York City - during different stages of growth"--Page 2 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309) and index.
Development of an urban photographic style, 1839-1870 -- Grand style urban photography, 1870-1893 -- At its peak : grand style photography and the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-1895 -- The hidden hand : Jacob Riis and the birth of reform photography -- Photography and the dynamic city, 1890-1915.

ISBN:

0877222991
9780877222996

Subject:

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
Documentary photography United States History.
Urbanization United States History.
Photographers United States.
Documentary photography United States.
Urbanization United States.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis.
Urbanisation États-Unis.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis Histoire.
Urbanisation États-Unis Histoire.
Photographes États-Unis.
Documentary photography
Photographers
Urbanization
Bildband
Verstädterung
United States
USA
Documentary photography History United States
Riis, Jacob A.
Urbanization History United States

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

American civilization.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320342
Call No.: 320342
Status: Available