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The spectacle of war : a study of Spanish-American War visual and popular culture by Bonnie Miller
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 721 .M55 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Bonnie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish-American War, 1898.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Press coverage--United States.
- Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Politics and government--1897-1901.
- United States.
- Imperialism--United States--History--19th century.
- Imperialism.
- Indians--Press coverage--United States.
- Indians.
- Indians--United States--History--19th Century.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 472 leaves : ill ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- 2005.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. The spectacle of endagered bodies : the visual iconography of war
- ch. 2. The spectacle of disaster : the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
- ch. 3. Inserting spectacle into everyday practices : the Spanish-American War in popular culture
- ch. 4. Post-spectacle : the fracture of media consensus in the wake of army scandal and empire
- ch. 5. The imperial image of the Indian : the untidy shift from continental to oversees empire
- ch. 6. Building an imperial iconography : race, paternalism, and the symbols of empire.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 437-469).
- Photocopy.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line -- Photograph, "5th Pennsylvania Launching" by William Rau, J. Hampton Moore Collection (Coll. # 941).
- OCLC:
- 70144265
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