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.
Summary
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.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
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