Book ID: CBB532177952

The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (2019)

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Rossi, Michael (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 320
Language: English

The Republic of Color delves deep into the history of color science in the United States to unearth its origins and examine the scope of its influence on the industrial transformation of turn-of-the-century America.   For a nation in the grip of profound economic, cultural, and demographic crises, the standardization of color became a means of social reform—a way of sculpting the American population into one more amenable to the needs of the emerging industrial order. Delineating color was also a way to characterize the vagaries of human nature, and to create ideal structures through which those humans would act in a newly modern American republic. Michael Rossi’s compelling history goes far beyond the culture of the visual to show readers how the control and regulation of color shaped the social contours of modern America—and redefined the way we see the world.

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Authors & Contributors
Feldman, Hannah
Alexis L. Boylan
Talia Bess Shabtay
Fretwell, Erica
Rossi, Michael Paul
Bromyard & District Local History Society
Concepts
Science and culture
Senses and sensation; perception
Visual perception
Science and industry
Visual representation; visual communication
Color
Time Periods
19th century
Modern
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
Early modern
Places
United States
Germany
Europe
Canada
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Toronto (Ontario)
Institutions
University of Toronto
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