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Work Sights
Vanessa Meikle Schulman
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Description for Work Sights
Paperback. Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Irvine, 2010) under title: Managing vision, envisioning management: representations of labor and technological systems in Gilded Age America. Series: Science/technology/culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
In this extensively illustrated work, Vanessa Meikle Schulman reveals how visual representations of labor, technology, and industry were crucial in shaping the way nineteenth-century Americans understood their nation and its place in the world. Her focus is the period between 1857 and 1887, an era marked by the rapid expansion of rail and telegraph networks, the rise of powerful, centralized corporations, and the creation of specialized facilities for the mechanized production and distribution of products. Through the examination of popular as well as fine art -- news illustrations and paintings of American machines, workers, factories, and technical innovations -- she ... Read more
In this extensively illustrated work, Vanessa Meikle Schulman reveals how visual representations of labor, technology, and industry were crucial in shaping the way nineteenth-century Americans understood their nation and its place in the world. Her focus is the period between 1857 and 1887, an era marked by the rapid expansion of rail and telegraph networks, the rise of powerful, centralized corporations, and the creation of specialized facilities for the mechanized production and distribution of products. Through the examination of popular as well as fine art -- news illustrations and paintings of American machines, workers, factories, and technical innovations -- she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Science/technology/culture
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625341952
SKU
V9781625341952
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About Vanessa Meikle Schulman
Vanessa Meikle Schulman is assistant professor of art history at Illinois State University, USA.
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