Parak Gisela - Photographs Of Environmental Phenomena Scientific Images In The Wake Of Environmental Awareness Usa 1860s - 1970s - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Since well before the debates about global warming and climate change images have played an important part in bringing changes in nature and the environment to the attention of the general public. Moreover most of these images have historic precursors. Gisela Parak illuminates how the synergy of photography and science gave rise to a class of photographs of environmental phenomena in the history of the United States of America and how these images supported and instructed the scientific pursuit of knowledge and were furthermore used as a persuasive means for directing public opinion.
Title: Photographs Of Environmental Phenomena Scientific Images In The Wake Of Environmental Awareness Usa 1860s - 1970s
Author(s): Parak Gisela
Publisher: Transcript Verlag
Barcode: 9783837630855
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/26/2016
Series: Image
Category: Conservation Of The Environment