The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940 by Miles Orvell

The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940

Miles Orvell

382 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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In this classic study of the relationship between technology and culture, Miles Orvell demonstrates that the roots of contemporary popular culture reach back to the Victorian era, when mechanical replications of familiar objects reigned supreme an...

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