Dreamland: America at the dawn of the twentieth century / Michael Lesy
1997, 1st edition. New York: New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #312418
ISBN: 1565843827
Physical description: xvi, 207 pages: chiefly illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207). Contents: Some facts. Crowds and solitaries -- Constructions and erections : towers, wedges, wombs, and vanishing points -- Public pleasures : parks and promenades : lakes and sea shores, open air and clear water -- Public power : mills, bridges, and blast furnaces -- Freighters and destroyers : shipyards, sailors, and a two-ocean navy -- Pickaninnies and prisoners -- Vistas, wild and domestic, scenic and unsettled -- Natives in costume -- Real men : cowboys and miners -- Dreams at the edge of an ocean. Subjects: United States History 1901-1909; Pictorial works. United States; Pictorial works. United States History 1901-1909. United States History 1901-1909; Pictorial works. USA
USA. United States Social life and customs 20th century Pictorial works.
USA America photographs photography twentieth-century. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Illustrated works. Pictorial works.
Price: €28.00