Elevate the Masses: Alexander Gardner, Photography, and Democracy in Nineteenth-century America
Alexander Gardner is best known for his innovative photographic history of the Civil War; what is less known is the extent to which he was involved in the international worker&;s rights movement. Tying Gardner&;s photographic storytelling to his transatlantic reform activities, this book expands our understanding of Gardner&;s career and the work of his studio in Washington, D.C. by situating his photographic production within the era&;s discourse on social and political reform. Drawing on previously unknown primary sources and original close readings, Makeda D. Best reveals how Gardner&;s activism in Scotland and photography in the United States shared an ideological foundation. She reads his Photographic Sketchbook of the War as a politically motivated project, rooted in Gardner&;s Chartist and Owenite beliefs, and illuminates how its treatment of slavery is primarily concerned with the harm that the institution posed to the United States&; reputation as a model democracy. Best shows how, in his portraiture, Gardner celebrated Northern labor communities and elevated white immigrant workers, despite the industrialization that degraded them. She concludes with a discussion of Gardner&;s promotion of an American national infrastructure, in which photographers and photography played an integral role. Original and compelling, this reconsideration of Gardner&;s work expands the contribution of Civil War photography beyond the immediate narrative of the war to comprehend its relation to the vigorous international debates about democracy, industrialization, and the rights of citizens. Scholars working at the intersection of photography, cultural history, and social reform in the nineteenth century on both sides of the Atlantic will find Best&;s work invaluable to their own research.
Yazar | Makeda Best |
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Yayın Evi | Pennsylvania State University Press |
Fransızca edition cumulus Leopold Classic Library Almanca edition cumulus Taschen GmbH Kolektif Independently published Collectif J B SBoon İtalyanca İngilizce HACHETTE LIVRE-BNF Insight Editions Emily Grace CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform İspanyolca Türkçe
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Yazar | Makeda Best |
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İsbn 10 | 0271086092 |
İsbn 13 | 978-0271086095 |
Yayın Evi | Pennsylvania State University Press |
tarafından gönderildi Elevate the Masses: Alexander Gardner, Photography, and Democracy in Nineteenth-century America | 15 Eylül 2020 |
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