Finnegan, Cara A.

Making photography matter : a viewer's history from the Civil War to the Great Depression / Cara A. Finnegan. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The presence of unknown soldiers and imaginary spirits : viewing national grief and trauma in the Civil War -- Recognizing Lincoln : portrait photography and the physiognomy of national character -- Appropriating the healthy child : the child that toileth not and Progressive Era child labor photography -- Managing the magnitude of the Great Depression : viewers respond to FSA photography.



9780252097317


Documentary photography--History--United States--20th century.
Documentary photography--History--United States--19th century.
Photography--Social aspects--United States.


Electronic Books.

TR23 / .M355 2015