Pastoral and Monumental : Dams, Postcards, and the American Landscape /

This book chronicles America's longtime love affair with dams as represented on picture postcards from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Through nearly four hundred images, the author documents the remarkable transformation of dams and their significance to the environment and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Donald C. (Donald Conrad), 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hydraulic Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Mechanical Engineering.
Postcards.
Landscape photography.
Dams in art.
Dams.
Barrages > États-Unis > Ouvrages illustres.
Photographie de paysages.
Dams > United States > Pictorial works.
Postcards > United States.
United States.
Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pastoral and monumental
  • Postcard culture
  • Materials, design, and construction
  • Disasters
  • Using mills
  • The new deal
  • Fish and environment
  • Snapshot culture.

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