The Image of War

Name/Title

The Image of War

Description

The first book to describe the pictorial reporting of the Civil War and to analyze the use of propaganda of Civil War pictures.

Context

"The Image of War" is the historiography of the Civil War that analyzes the number of artists and photographers began to record the life of the army in pictures intended for display and for publication in weekly illustrated newspapers such as Harper's, Leslie's and the New York Illustrated News.

Category

History

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Book

Book Details

Author

Fletcher W. Thompson

Publisher

Thomas Yoseloff

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1959

Notes

Pages: 248

Copyright

Copyright Holder

W. Fletcher Thompson

Copyright Date

1959

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