Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey
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Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
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x, 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Frank Carlson Library - KANSAS | K 978.02 Sherow, James Earl | On Shelf | |
Great Bend Public Library - NON-FICTION | 978.02 Sherow, James | Kansas Notable Book 2015 | On Shelf |
Independent Township Library - KANSAS | Kansas 978.02 Sherow, James E. | Kansas notable book grant 2015 | On Shelf |
Jamestown City Library - 900s | 978.02 Sherow James | On Shelf | |
Kensington Community/USD 110 Libraries - 900s | 978.02 SHE | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Gardner, Alexander, -- 1821-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Landscape photography -- West (U.S.)
Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Repeat photography -- West (U.S.)
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Gardner, Alexander, -- 1821-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Landscape photography -- West (U.S.)
Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Repeat photography -- West (U.S.)
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
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Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Best known for his Civil War photographs, Alexander Gardner also documented the construction of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division (later the Kansas Pacific Railroad), across Kansas beginning in 1867. This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow's discussion. Like most rephotography projects, this one provides fascinating information about the changes in the landscape over the last century and a half.
The book presents ninety pairs of Gardner's and Charlton's photographs. In all of Charlton's photos he duplicates the exact location and time of day of the Gardner originals. Sherow uses the paired images to show how Indian and Anglo-American land-use practices affected the landscape. As the Union Pacific claimed, the railroad created an American empire in the region, and Charlton's rephotography captures the transformation of the grasslands, harnessed by the powerful social and economic forces of the railroad.
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Kansas Notable Book, 2015
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sherow, J. E., & Charlton, J. R. (2014). Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey . University of New Mexico Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sherow, James Earl and John R. Charlton. 2014. Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey. University of New Mexico Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sherow, James Earl and John R. Charlton. Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sherow, James Earl., and John R Charlton. Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
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