First published in 1984 to widespread critical acclaim, Silver Cities rapidly became a classic in the history of photography and in the then-nascent field of visual culture studies. Now this vastly e
In this award-winning book, Peter Bacon Hales tells the story of the Manhattan Project's three key sites: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico. Drawing from thousands
Outside the Gates of Eden (referring to a song by Bob Dylan) tells the story of how the United States has struggled over our sense of self, as individuals and as a nation and culture, ever since becom
Housed at the Library of Congress, the archives of the Farm Security Administration constitute an essential visual record of American life from the late 1920s through the onset of the Second World Wa
The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, combined nostalgia for the United States' European roots with a celebration of the nation's emergence as a world power. A splendid tribute t
