{"product_id":"lewis-hine-as-social-critic-kate-sampsell-willmann-9781604733686","title":"Lewis Hine as Social Critic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full-length examination of Lewis H. Hine (1874-1940), the intellectual and aesthetic father of social documentary photography. Kate Sampsell-Willmann assesses Hine's output through the lens of his photographs, his political and philosophical ideologies, and his social and aesthetic commitments to the dignity of labor and workers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Hine's images, published articles, and private correspondence, \u003ci\u003eLewis Hine as Social Critic\u003c\/i\u003e places the artist within the context of the Progressive Era and its associated movements and periodicals, such as the Works Progress Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, the Chicago School of Social Work, and Rex Tugwell's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Economic Life and the Means of Its Improvement\u003c\/i\u003e. This intellectual history, heavily illustrated with HIne's photography, compares his career and concerns with other prominent photographers of the day--Jacob Riis, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Margaret Bourke-White.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough detailed analysis of how Hine's images and texts intersected with concepts of urban history and social democracy, this volume reestablishes the artist's intellectual preeminence in the development of American photography as socially conscious art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Sampsell-Willmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604733683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604733686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Kate Sampsell-Willmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984539943167,"sku":"9781604733686","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28109ab9-75b3-4871-ad22-49a374ef14e7.jpg?v=1683272896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lewis-hine-as-social-critic-kate-sampsell-willmann-9781604733686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}