Photography and the American Civil War

by Jeff L. Rosenheim

Book Overview

This eye-opening study of Civil War photography traces the introduction of the camera into the battlefield and shows its influence on history and our responses to war

Six hundred thousand lives were lost between 1861 and 1865, making the conflict between North and South the nation's deadliest war. If the "War Between the States" was the test of the young republic's commitment to its founding precepts, it was also a watershed in photographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191804
• ISBN13: 9780300191806
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.2" x 11.4"