University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press
Pages: 120
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-61146-270-8 • Hardback • October 2018 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
978-1-61146-271-5 • eBook • October 2018 • $80.50 • (£62.00)
Herbert Gottfried is professor emeritus at Cornell University.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
OneHistory of the Erie Railway
TwoThe Historical Basis of Erie Railway Guide Imagery
ThreeThe Cottage and Suburban Development
FourLandscape Commentary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Erie Railway Tourist, 1850–1886: Transporting Visual Culture is a valuable contribution to the fields of visual culture studies and American history, offering new perspectives on the intersections of art and commerce. Addressing the many ways in which the Erie Railway’s advertisements popularized the artistic movement of landscape painting, this book highlights the role of the railway’s art in marketing suburban development and tourism in nineteenth-century America. Written in a clear and readable style, it is enriched with many illustrations that strengthen Gottfried’s arguments. Railway buffs will also find the book informative and enjoyable.
— Bertram M. Gordon, Professor of History, Mills College