West and West: Reimagining the Great Plains

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 officially opened the Great Plains to westward settlement, and the public survey of 1855 by Charles A. Manners and Joseph Ledlie along the Sixth Principal Meridian established the grid by which the uncharted expanse of the Great Plains was brought into scale. The mechanical act performed by land surveyors is believed by photographer Joe Deal to be powerfully similar to the artistic act of making a photograph.To Deal,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:193519500X

ISBN13:9781935195009

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:Center for American Places

Length:112 Pages

Weight:2.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 10.0" x 11.0"

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