River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

Title: River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West Author: Rebecca Solnit ISBN: 9780142004104 Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2004 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Audiobook discs and case in excellent condition with little sign of use. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. G 1640974 Publisher Description: A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, The Mark Lynton History Prize, and the Sally Hacker Prize for the History of Technology "A panoramic vision of cultural change" --The New York Times Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Orwell's Roses 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 Cal