The Mass Image: A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London

By Gerry Beegan

Book Overview

The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349363073
• ISBN13: 9781349363070
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"