Picturing Old New England

Picturing Old New England
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 0300079389
ISBN-13 : 9780300079388
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Book Synopsis Picturing Old New England by : William H. Truettner

Download or read book Picturing Old New England written by William H. Truettner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that there is a New England of cities, factories, and an increasingly diverse ethnic population, it is the Old New England that Americans have always treasured, finding in it a kind of 'national memory bank.' This book examines images of Old New England created between 1865 and 1945, demonstrating how these images encoded the values of age and tradition to a nation facing complex cultural issues during the period.


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