Michael Lesy Ph.D. Books
Long Time Coming: A Photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943
By Michael Lesy, Michael Lesy Ph.D.
"Long Time Coming is derived from the 145,000 photographs made between 1935 and 1943 by a team of now-famous photographers employed by the Farm Security Administration (FSA), whose ranks included A...
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Looking backward
By Michael Lesy
"In 1900 the stereograph was king. Its three-dimensional optics created a virtual presence for the viewer. Millions of Americans, especially schoolchildren, absorbed ideas about race, class, and ge...
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Repast
By Michael Lesy
Beginning with the simplest eateries and foods and culminating with the emergence of a genuinely American way of fine dining, Repast takes readers on a culinary tour of early-twentieth-century rest...
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