Railroad empire across the heartland [electronic resource] : rephotographing Alexander Gardner's westward journey / James E. Sherow ; photographs by John R. Charlton.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9780826355102
- 0826355102
- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
- Landscape photography -- West (U.S.)
- Repeat photography -- West (U.S.)
- Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- 978/.02 23
- F594 .S55 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From Alexander Gardner to John Charlton -- 2. "The new pioneer of population and settlement" : the making of an American imperial landscape -- 3. Imperial photographic pairings -- Kansas on the edge -- The "Free State" district -- Trails to rails in Kansas -- Westward the course of empire -- 4. Stereographic pairings -- Epilogue: What kind of empire?
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