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Eyewitnessing : the uses of images as historical evidence / Peter Burke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burke, Peter, 1937-
- Series:
- Picturing history series.
- Picturing history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- History--Sources--Evaluation.
- Event history analysis.
- Motion pictures and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Eyewitnessing evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence.
- Contents:
- Eyewitnessing Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Testimony of Images; 1. Photographs and Portraits; 2. Iconography and Iconology; 3. The Sacred and the Supernatural; 4. Power and Protest; 5. Material Culture through Images; 6. Views of Society; 7. Stereotypes of Others; 8. Visual Narratives; 9. From Witness to Historian; 10. Beyond Iconography?; 11. The Cultural History of Images; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612893070
- 9781282893078
- 1282893076
- 9781861898289
- 1861898282
- OCLC:
- 698204885
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