Library Record
Images
Metadata
Object Type |
Book |
Title |
In the Looking Glass: Mirrors and Identity in Early America |
Author |
Shrum, Rebecca K. (Rebecca Kathleen), 1972- |
Summary |
Explores how mirrors shaped human identity in North America from the earliest European explorations through the 19th century, bringing together the history of technology and the history of identity, using textual, visual, and material sources to focus on how mirrors were created, adopted, adapted, and discussed by a wide variety of early Americans. Chapters: The evolving technology of the looking glass -- First glimpses : mirrors in seventeenth-century New England -- Looking glass ownership in early America -- Reliable mirrors and troubling visions : nineteenth century white -- Understandings of sight -- Fashioning whiteness -- Mirrors in black and red -- Epilogue. |
Call No. |
E162 .S557 2017 |
Publisher |
Johns Hopkins University Press |
Publication/Copyright Date |
c2017 |
Subjects |
Mirrors--Social aspects--United States--History Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects--United States--History Race awareness--United States--History Sex roles--United States--History Technology--Social aspects--United States--History Material culture--United States--History United States--Social life and customs--To 1775 United States--Social life and customs--1775-1783 United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865 United States--Social conditions--To 1865 |
Notes |
By Rebecca K. Shrum. Includes bibliographical references and index. Given per terms of Permission to Publish (see Fig. 3.9, p. 69). |
ISBN |
9781421423128 |
Object ID # |
2017.025.1 |