Railroad in American Art: Representations of Technological Change

by Leo Marx

Book Overview

Honorable Mention, 1988, in the category of Excellence in Design and Production, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Of all the innovations of the industrial revolution, it was the railroad that took strongest hold on the collective American imagination. These essays on paintings, prints, and photographs explore the wealth of railroad imagery in American art - from Thomas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262231263
• ISBN13: 9780262231268
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.