6/11/2023 0 Comments River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit![]() ![]() 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. 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. 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 world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. A bill in the state Legislature would ban discrimination based on weight and height. Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Orwell's Roses explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovation 1 day ago &0183 &32 Linda Ayrapetov is an activist for fat acceptance. ![]() “A panoramic vision of cultural change” - The New York Times Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, The Mark Lynton History Prize, and the Sally Hacker Prize for the History of Technology ![]()
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