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Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images As Historical Evidence (Reaktion Books - Picturing History) by Peter Burke is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images As Historical Evidence (Reaktion Books - Picturing History) about?

What place do images hold among other kinds of historical evidence? In Eyewitnessing, Peter Burke reviews graphics, photographs, films, and other media from many countries and periods and examines their pragmatic uses. This profusely illustrated book surveys the opportunities and the challenges of using images to understand other times. In a thorough and compelling defense of the importance of the visual to history, Burke argues that images should not be considered mere reflections of their time

Who reads Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images As Historical Evidence (Reaktion Books - Picturing History)?

Author

Peter Burke

Publisher

Reaktion Books, Limited Grantham Book Services, Limited [distributor

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801439681

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Technology, History

Updated

2026-03-25