Texas Lithographs : : A Century of History in Images /

Texas Lithographs : : A Century of History in Images / / Ron Tyler.

Westward expansion in the United States was deeply intertwined with the technological revolutions of the nineteenth century, from telegraphy to railroads. Among the most important of these, if often forgotten, was the lithograph. Before photography became a dominant medium, lithography—and later, ch...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Tyler, Ron,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (640 p.) :; 461 color illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: “WE CAN READ THE PICTURES”
  • 1. “REALLY A KIND OF PARADISE”
  • 2. “A MORE PERFECT FAC-SIMILE OF THINGS”
  • 3. “ILLUSTRATIONS OF A CHEAP CHARACTER”
  • 4. “A PERFECT TERRA INCOGNITA”
  • 5. “PRETTY PICTURES . . . ‘CANDY’ FOR THE IMMIGRANTS”
  • 6. “THE DARK CORNER OF THE CONFEDERACY”
  • 7. “THE ENTERPRISE WAS NOT PROPERLY APPRECIATED”
  • 8. “THE ‘IMAGE BREAKERS’”
  • 9. “THE TRUTH IS TEXAS IS WHAT HER RAILROADS HAVE MADE HER”
  • EPILOGUE: “MISTAKEN . . . FOR LITHOGRAPH WORK”
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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