Full name: River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

Author: Rebecca Solnit Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, Award winners, Biographies, Art Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads OpenLibrary eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780142004104 0142004103

The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge - who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically - becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post–Civil War California led directly to the two industries - Hollywood and Silicon Valley - that have most powerfully defined contemporary society. Similar books: Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh Edie by Jean Stein The House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert A Revolution in Color by Jane Kamensky Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King The Vanishing Velazquez by Laura Cumming Storming the Gates of Paradise by Rebecca Solnit The Lost Battles by Jonathan Jones Good Living Street by Tim Bonyhady The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern Mistress of the Elgin Marbles by Susan Nagel The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance by Paul Robert Walker Charmed Circle by James R. Mellow Diane Arbus by Arthur Lubow Obama by Pete Souza Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit Doc Holliday by John Myers Myers The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit