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Author Sherow, James Earl, author.

Title Railroad empire across the heartland : rephotographing Alexander Gardner's westward journey / James E. Sherow ; photographs by John R. Charlton.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection  978 Sh54r 2014    ---  Lib Use Only
 Eureka Non-Fiction  978.02 She    ---  Available
Description x, 212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Kansas Notable Book ; 2015.
Note The majority of photographs are of Kansas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. From Alexander Gardner to John Charlton -- 2. "The new pioneer of population and settlement" : the making of an American imperial landscape -- 3. Imperial photographic pairings -- Kansas on the edge -- The "Free State" district -- Trails to rails in Kansas -- Westward the course of empire -- 4. Stereographic pairings -- Epilogue: What kind of empire?
Source B&T 07.2015 PARS
Subject West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Repeat photography -- West (U.S.)
Landscape photography -- West (U.S.)
Kansas -- Pictorial works.
Repeat photography -- Kansas.
Landscape photography -- Kansas.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882. (OCoLC)fst00036575
Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
Landscape photography. (OCoLC)fst00992030
Railroads. (OCoLC)fst01088711
Repeat photography. (OCoLC)fst01094790
Territorial expansion. (OCoLC)fst01355135
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Kansas (OCoLC)fst01204323
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer.
Charlton, John R., photographer.
ISBN 9780826355096 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0826355099 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780826355102 (electronic)

 
    
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