The Modern Dream of Order : Victoria, Photography, and the Social Imagination.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehninger, Eva.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Eva Ehninger, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Summary:

This book redefines the history of modernity by focusing on how people used photography to affirm continuity and social stability during a time defined by rapid transition in all every field of life.By the early 1860s, commercial portrait photography had become an everyday experience.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

The Madness of Being a Queen

1 Queen on a Cardboard Card

2 Society on an Album Page

3 Family in the Drawing Room

4 History in a Slide Set

5 Queen in the Mud

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Image Credits.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-11-112841-5

OCLC:

1541772844