Insights into American History: Photographs as Documents - Softcover

Levine, Robert M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130480444 ISBN 13: 9780130480446

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

For courses in U.S. History Survey II (since 1865), American Studies, Women's Studies, American Civilization, Art, Art History, History of Photography and Communications Theory.

 

This text shows students how to examine and analyze historical photographs as documentary sources in historical research. It takes a case study approach, and also presents many examples of assignments that instructors can use to challenge students to think about using photographs themselves.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The first of its kind, Insights into American History shows students how to "read" and analyze over 140 photographs—both famous and uncelebrated—as important documentary sources. Using a case study approach, the text provides numerous opportunities for teachers and discussion leaders to challenge students to think about photographs as visual history.

About the Author:

Robert M. Levine was the Gabelli Senior Scholar in the Arts and Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Miami. He was the author of nearly two dozen books, including Windows on Latin America 1988, Images of History 1989, and Through the Lens of Charles DeForest Fredricks: Cuba in the 1850s 1990. Levine wrote and produced more than twenty original videotaped documentaries, four of which have been televised nationally on the History Channel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130480444
• ISBN 13: 9780130480446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192