| Seneca Ray Stoddard: Transforming the Adirondack Wilderness in Text and Image Contributor(s): Horrell, Jeffrey L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815606095 ISBN-13: 9780815606093 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Librarian Horrell (Harvard College for Collections, Cambridge, MA) profiles how Stoddard (1843-1917) influenced the emerging "forever wilderness" ethic through his writing and then novel practice of including illustrations based on his photographs in tourist guidebooks to New York State's Adirondack region. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals |
| Dewey: 770.924 |
| LCCN: 99-38355 |
| Series: New York State |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.29" W x 9.32" (1.09 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An exploration of the Adirondack photographic and literary work of Seneca Ray Stoddard. It examines how it influenced and was influenced by changing attitudes toward wilderness in the last half of the 19th century and how it reflected class and power in the emerging tourist industry. |