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EYEWITNESSING THE USES OF IMAGES AS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

by Peter Burke

Published by Reaktion Books. 1st. 2001

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Grey boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos.

Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

ISBN: 1861890923
Stock no. 2120794

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Contents

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Photographs and Portraits
  • 2 Iconography and Iconology
  • 3 The Sacred and the Supernatural
  • 4 Power and Protest
  • 5 Material Culture through Images
  • 6 Views of Society
  • 7 Stereotypes of Others
  • 8 Visual Narratives
  • 9 From Witness to Historian
  • 10 Beyond Iconography
  • 11 The Cultural History of Images
  • References
  • Select Bibliography
  • Photographic Acknowledgements
  • Index

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