A Stop Sign at the Intersection of History and Biography: Illustrating Mills's Imagination with Depression-Era Photographs.

Hanson, Chad M.

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ERIC Number: EJ678378

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Publication Date: 2002

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A Stop Sign at the Intersection of History and Biography: Illustrating Mills's Imagination with Depression-Era Photographs.

Hanson, Chad M.

Teaching Sociology, v30 n2 p235-42 Apr 2002

Discusses using photographs as a teaching method for sociology students. States that photographs have often been considered an art related subject rather than a sociology medium. Focuses on C. Wright Mills's use of Depression era photographs, a teaching method referred to as 'Mills's Imagination.' (KDR)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Higher Education, Photographs, Social Integration, Sociology, Teaching Methods, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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