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Currier & Ives' America: From a Young Nation to a Great Power
By Rawls, Walton
- ISBN
- 9780789212580 9780789260246
- Publisher
- Abbeville
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Library Journal
Starred Review on June 10, 2016 | Nonfiction
Harvard University-trained historian and independent editor Rawls updates his 1979 classic in this new edition, presenting a history of America as viewed through the lithographs of American printmaking firm Currier & Ives, which was active from 1852 to 1880. Organized broadly by topic, each chapter demonstrates how the prints captured the mood and events of America during that per...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
