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Praise for Building America
"This is more than a marvelous illustrated history of architecture in America; it provides an easy-to-take social context for the buildings it showcases."Canada and the art of photography came into existence together in the middle of the nineteenth century. Both had shaky beginnings — one was an upstart country struggling to emerge from the shadow of its great neighbor, the other a rough art form capable of capturing only blurred, grainy images — but each eventually came into its own. Today, Canada is a bold and prosperous nation, while photography, in the words of Edward Steichen, is “a major force in explaining man to man.”
Mirror with a Memory is a photographic journey through the history of this country. It includes those famous shots that have defined a nation; from the Fathers of Confederation grouped stiffly on the steps of Charlottetown’s Confederation Hall to the massive Maple Leaf flag drifting over the heads of federalists on the eve of the last referendum. But the book also features the faces of ordinary Canadians going about their everyday lives — a family of newly arrived, turn-of-the-century immigrants on the platform at Toronto’s Union Station; a line of 1920s seal hunters picking their way across the Newfoundland ice floes; pith-helmeted soldiers at a Boer War field hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Through extended captions and, of course, the photographs themselves, Mirror with a Memory brings to life the story of Canada from confederation to the present day. In the end, it gives us an unforgettable portrait of the people and events that forged a nation.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.03. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0887767478I3N10
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Illlustrated Ilustrador. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition - Some shelf and edgewear,a minor spine lean, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is in great condition. From the publisher: "A photographic journey through the history of Canada, which came into existence along with the art of photography in the middle of the nineteenth century, features famous shots that have defined a nation as well as the faces of ordinary Canadians going about their everyday lives.". Nº de ref. del artículo: NS19526
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Librería: Hockley Books, Palgrave, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Slight edge wear otherwise very good. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Nº de ref. del artículo: 008389
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