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Author Sherow, James E.

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

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
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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Subject Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
Travel.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Genre/Form Pictorial works.
Subject Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Railroads.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works.
United States.
Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Repeat photography -- West (U.S.)
Repeat photography.
Landscape photography -- West (U.S.)
Landscape photography.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Print version: Sherow, James E. Railroad Empire across the Heartland. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014 9780826355096
ISBN 9780826355102 (electronic book)
0826355102 (electronic book)
0826355099 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780826355096 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780826355096

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