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Introduction; PART I: Screen Culture and the Public Sphere -- Raising Awareness of the Living Conditions of the Poor; The Social Impact of Screen Culture 1880-1914; The Lantern and Cinematograph for Political Persuasion before WWI: Towards an Introduction and Typology; A Lantern Lecture: Slum Life and Living Conditions of the Poor in Fictional and Documentary Lantern Slide Sets; ""The Poetry of Poverty"": The Magic Lantern and the Ballads of George R. Sims; The Jacob A. Riis Collection: Photographs for Books and Lantern Lectures. |
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Early Christmas Films in the Tradition of the Magic LanternPART II: The Use of Lantern Shows, Photography and Early Films for Social Prevention by Charity Organisations; Feeding and Entertaining the Poor: Salvation Army Lantern Exhibitions Combined with Food Distribution in Britain and Germany; ""To assist in the pictorial teaching of Temperance"": the use of the Magic Lantern in the Band of Hope; Health Entrepreneurs: American Screen Practices in the 1910s; Education or Entertainment? Early Cinema as a Social Force in New York's Immigrant Jewish Community. |
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Sentiment and Science in Harvard University's Social MuseumPART III: Approaches to the Hidden History of Screen Culture; Engaging with the Magic Lantern's History; Our Magic Lantern Heritage: Archiving a Past Medium that Nearly Never Was; The Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource; Afterword: How Does it Feel? Hidden Histories and the Elusive User Experience; The Contributors; Picture credits. |
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9780861969180 (electronic bk.) |
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0861969189 (electronic bk.) |
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9780861967094 |
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0861967097 |
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