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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817186103321

Autore

Langford Martha

Titolo

A Cold War tourist and his camera / / Martha Langford and John Langford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-70068-9

0-7735-9077-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangfordJohn W

Disciplina

914.04/55

Soggetti

Cold War

Photography, Military

Vernacular photography

Military bases - Europe - History - 20th century

Cold War - Study and teaching (Higher) - Canada

Europe Pictorial works

Africa Pictorial works

Canada Military relations United States

United States Military relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Setting Up the Screen""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 Northern Outposts and the Heart of Empire""; ""THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR""; ""2 Unwilling Cold War Players""; ""THE AFRICAN TOUR""; ""3 Closing with the Enemy""; ""THE EUROPEAN TOUR""; ""Lights!""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

Martha Langford and John Langford examine their father's apparently innocuous photographic experience, revealing the complexity of both the images and their creator. An intelligent and personal look at the ways that the historical and the private are represented and remembered, A Cold War Tourist and His Camera stages the family



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