| To the City: Urban Photographs of the New Deal Contributor(s): Foulkes, Julia L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592139973 ISBN-13: 9781592139972 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $77.43 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | History - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 779.473 |
| LCCN: 2010018212 |
| Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.79 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States moved from a rural to an urban nation, the pull of the city was irrepressible. It was so strong that even a photographic mission designed to record the essence of rural America could not help but capture the energy of urbanization too.a"To the City"ashowcases over 100 photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project along with extracts from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) guidebooks and oral histories, to convey the detail and dimensions of that transformation. This artfully grouped collection of photographs includes magnificent images by notable photographers Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Gordon Parks, among many others. Foulkes organizes this history of Americana into five themes: Intersection; Traffic; High Life and Low Life; The City in the Country; and Citizens to illuminate the changes in habits, landscapes, and aspirations that the march to cities encompassed. As the rural past holds symbolic sway and the suburb presents demographic force, the urban portion of our historyOCowhy and how cities have been a destination for hopeOCorecedes from view.a"To the City"ais a thoughtful, engaging reminder. |