Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance
- ISBN-10
- 0199927693
- ISBN-13
- 9780199927692
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-29
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Ellen Gruber Garvey
Description
Featuring over 50 rare and hard-to-find illustrations, 'Writing with Scissors' presents a fascinating cultural history of scrapbooks in America.
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- 2012-11-02
- 320 pages
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- 2012-11-02
- 320 pages
- Ebook
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