River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Paperback

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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Paperback

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Paperback

by Rebecca Solnit
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Book Overview

A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, The Mark Lynton History Prize, and the Sally Hacker Prize for the History of Technology

"A panoramic vision of cultural change" --The New York Times

Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Orwell's Roses explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovation

The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge--who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically--becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post-Civil War California led directly to the two industries--Hollywood and Silicon Valley--that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.
ISBN9780142004104
Author Rebecca Solnit
PublisherPenguin Books
GenreBiography and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Paperback

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Paperback

By Rebecca Solnit

About Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is the author of numerous books, including Hope in the Dark, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. In 2003, she received the prestigious Lannan Literary Award.

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