Picturing Utopia: Bertha Shambaugh and the Amana Photographers

Picturing Utopia: Bertha Shambaugh and the Amana Photographers
ISBN-10
0877459584
ISBN-13
9780877459583
Category
History
Pages
174
Language
English
Published
2005-09
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Author
Abigail Foerstner

Description

Foerstner's collection offers a rare glimpse into the Amana Colonies, a utopian religious community of the 1890s. "Like a time machine, the photographs in "Picturing Utopia" carry us back to a wondrous Iowa experiment in creating a kinder, more spiritual way of life."--Jon Anderson, "Chicago Tribune." 81 photos.

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