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A critical reconsideration of the history of photography that explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in nineteenth-century China

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“This substantial and lavishly illustrated book is an important contribution to scholarship. . . . A timely reassessment of early photography in China that urges readers to reflect.”—Claire Roberts, Burlington Magazine

Winner of the Photography Network Prize, sponsored by the Photography Network

Power and Perspective

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    A Hardback by Karina H. Corrigan, Stephanie H. Tung, Bing Wang

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 27 September 2022
      ISBN-13 9780300263633
      978-0300263633
      ISBN-10 0300263635
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      History of art Asian history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A critical reconsideration of the history of photography that explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in nineteenth-century China

      Trade Review
      “This substantial and lavishly illustrated book is an important contribution to scholarship. . . . A timely reassessment of early photography in China that urges readers to reflect.”—Claire Roberts, Burlington Magazine

      Winner of the Photography Network Prize, sponsored by the Photography Network

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