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American Coal: Russell Lee Portraits

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by Mary Jane Appel, Douglas Brinkley
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Jane Appel, Douglas BrinkleyPublish date:2024-04-09Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477329566ISBN-10:1477329560UPC:9781477329566Book Category:Photography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Photojournalism, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:10.10 x 10.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:2.5022Product ID:SCFYS9530N

American Coal: Russell Lee Portraits

More than 100 powerful images by noted photographer Russell Lee that document the working conditions and lives of coal mining communities in the postwar United States; publication coincides with an exhibition at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

In 1946 the Truman administration made a promise to striking coal miners: as part of a deal to resume work, the government would sponsor a...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477329566ISBN-10:1477329560UPC:9781477329566Book Category:Photography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Photojournalism, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:10.10 x 10.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:2.5022Product ID:SCFYS9530N

Russell Lee was a prominent American photographer, best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration.

Mary Jane Appel is a historian of American social documentary photography and the author of Russell Lee: A Photographer's Life and Legacy.

Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, trustee of the Franklin D...

Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Mary Jane Appel, Douglas Brinkley

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