Photography and the American Civil War

A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate arm...

Reducere. Discover the people, battles, and politics of America's bloodiest conflict, and explore its causes, chapters, characters, and consequencesWith a to...

Reducere. Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any ...

Reducere. Volume 2 of Double Exposure commemorates the ongoing fight to fulfil the promise of freedom and equality for all American citizens, from the Civil ...

DescriptionPictures with Purpose, the seventh volume in the Double Exposure series, explores images from the NMAAHC's collection of nineteenth and ...

Reducere. "My energies for near a lifetime have been used almost entirely to win such prominence as I could in outdoor photography."--H. H. BennettHenry Hami...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brian BlackWith: Richard B. MegrawAfter the American Revolution, sites representing key events in American history were cru...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized America's imagination. A "spirit photographe...

Reducere. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most ...

DescriptionVietnam is an ancient and beautiful land, with a deep history of occupational conflict that remains an enigma in Americans' collective m...

Reducere. Best Books of 2018--The Guardian " a] fascinating and indispensable book."--Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) is w...

Reducere. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War, May the Road Rise Up to Meet You is a story of four unforgettable characters who, together, ill...

Reducere. Grafton Tyler Brown--whose heritage was likely one-eighth African American--finessed his way through San Francisco society by passing for white. Wo...

Reducere. Cigar tobacco runs in the blood of Connecticut River Valley farmers. Delve into the surprising history of the region s most iconic crop, all the wa...

Reducere. Christopher AwardsIn a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, Witold Rybczynski, the bestselling author of Now I Sit Me Down, illumina...

This richly illustrated edition of this classic American autobiography sheds new light on Douglass's famous text for a new generation of readers. F...