Empire of Ruins —— American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction

----- 废墟帝国：美国文化，摄影与毁灭奇观

ISBN: 9780190491604 出版年：2021 页码：281 Orvell, Miles Oxford University Press

Americans have been fascinated by ruins as symbols of the past and now as symbols of the future. Empire of Ruins tells the story of what ruins have meant to Americans and how their representation in photography--often both beautiful and terrifying--has shaped their meaning.