Railroad Empire across the Heartland : Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey.

Railroad Empire across the Heartland : Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey.

This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Alexander Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Sherow, James E.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014
Subjects:	Gardner, Alexander, > 1821-1882 > Travel > West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works. Railroads > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century > Pictorial works. Repeat photography > West (U.S.) Landscape photography > West (U.S.) West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890 > Pictorial works. United States > Territorial expansion > Pictorial works. West (U.S.) > Pictorial works.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; From Alexander Gardner to John R. Charlton; ""The New Pioneer of Population and Settlement"": The Making of an American Imperial Landscape; Imperial Photographic Pairings; Kansas on the Edge; The "Free State" District; Trails to Rails in Kansas; Westward the Course of Empire; Stereographic Pairings; Epilogue: What Kind of Empire?; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index; Back Cover.