Author

Publication

2011 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

50,500 words, Guess

Page Count

202 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780271037929
  • ISBN-10027103792X
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010041914
  • OCLC Control Number671385498
  • Better World Books9780271037929
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Classifications

  • DDC770.2/461
  • LCCTR708 .S535 2011
  • LCCTR708.S535 2011

Alternate Titles

  • Medicine of photography in nineteenth-century America

Description

"Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional legitimacy of commercial photography while promoting belief in the rehabilitative powers of studio portraiture"--Provided by publisher.

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