River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit

River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Mark Lynton History Prize

Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Recollections of My Nonexistence explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovation

The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge--who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically--becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post-Civil War California led directly to the two industries--Hollywood and Silicon Valley--that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.

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ISBN 13	9780670031764
ISBN 10	0670031763
Title	River of Shadows
Author	Rebecca Solnit
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Viking Books
Year published	2003-01-27
Number of pages	305
Prizes	Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism) 2003, Winner of Spur Awards (Nonfiction-Contemporary) 2004, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2003
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