Doctored
the medicine of photography in nineteenth-century America
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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
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26885239M
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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