Book ID: CBB001201134

The Mass Image. A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London (2007)

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Beegan, Gerry (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xii + 302 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before.

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Review Hackney, Fiona (2012) Review of "The Mass Image. A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London". Journal of Design History (p. 114). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mussell, James
Thomas Stubblefield
Kate Addleman-Frankel
Arrigo, Anthony F.
Wallace, Maurice O.
Willumson, Glenn
Concepts
Photography
Visual representation; visual communication
Photographs
Technology and culture
Periodicals; serials
Popular culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
London (England)
New Zealand
Germany
Canada
Institutions
Zoological Society of London
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