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Item Number: 107907
Title: Memories of a Lost World : Travels through the Magic Lantern
Author: Fiell, Charlotte
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781906863074
Description: London: Fiell Publishing, 2010. 23cm., hardcover, 704pp., 700 color, 200 b&w illus. Publisher's summary : An early version of the slide projector and an immediate predecessor of narrative cinema, the magic lantern provided the lens through which late-nineteenth century Europe viewed and imagined the world. Magic lantern slide shows were a popular, entertaining and educational way for people to learn about the world beyond their own horizons, and from Cairo and Delhi to Adelaide and Cape Town, intrepid European photographers traveled to all corners of the world to document its peoples and customs. Now, for the first time, images of original magic lantern slides have been brought together in a single publication. Memories of a Lost World: Travels through the Magic Lantern takes the reader back to a pre-globalized world in which regional customs and national cultures were as distinctive as they were diverse. From the bustling streets of Victorian London and the ruins of ancient Egypt to the temples of Japan and the tribesmen of New Guinea, Memories of a Lost World explores the world through a captivating collection of over 800 magic lantern slide images. This volume is not only an important source of primary historical information, but also conveys something of what the world was like before the advent of television and mass travel. ^Available October 2010^.
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