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Eyewitnessing : the uses of images as historical evidence / Peter Burke.

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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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