River of Shadows
- Indbinding:
- Paperback
- Sideantal:
- 320
- Udgivet:
- 2. marts 2004
- Størrelse:
- 140x18x214 mm.
- Vægt:
- 290 g.
- Ukendt - mangler pt..
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
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- 20 timers lytning og læsning
- Adgang til 70.000+ titler
- Ingen binding
Abonnementet koster 75 kr./md.
Ingen binding og kan opsiges når som helst.
Beskrivelse af River of Shadows
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Mark Lynton History Prize Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Recollections of My Nonexistence explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovationThe world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge-who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically-becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post-Civil War California led directly to the two industries-Hollywood and Silicon Valley-that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.
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Bogen River of Shadows findes i følgende kategorier:
- Biografier
- Historie og samfund
- Kunst og kultur > Arkitektur og design
- Kunst og kultur > Foto
- Biografier, litteratur og litteraturstudier
- Historie og arkæologi > Historie > Amerikansk historie
- Historie og arkæologi > Historie > Historie: specielle begivenheder og emner > Socialhistorie og kulturhistorie
- Matematik og naturvidenskab