The World of Francis Cooper: Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Photographer

This biographical exploration of Francis Cooper, an unknown avocational photographer, offers an unusual perspective on turn-of-the century American photography. It represents a social approach to photographic history and argues for a cultural understanding of photography as a social practice.

• | By (Author): Jay Ruby (Temple University (retired)) (Author)
• | Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 1999
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0271017627
• | ISBN-13: 9780271017624