American Photography and the American DreamUNC Press Books, 1991 - 341 pagine James Guimond's powerful study reveals how documentary photographers have expressed or contested the idea of the American Dream throughout the twentieth century. In Guimond's formulation issues like growth, equality, and national identity came under the r |
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Dreams and Documents | 1 |
Frances Johnstons Hampton Album A White Dream for Black People | 21 |
Lewis Nine and American Industrialism | 55 |
The Signs of Hard Times | 99 |
The American Way of Life at Home and Abroad | 149 |
The Great American Wasteland | 205 |
After the Fall | 245 |
Notes | 291 |
Bibliography | 317 |
Index | 335 |
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