Between the Wars, 1919-39: The Cartoonists' Vision Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Between the Wars, 1919-39: The Cartoonists' Vision Book

The years between the wars were the great age of the cartoon character. The adventures of Mickey Mouse, Popeye, and Donald Duck were followed avidly by millions. Even the political leaders of the era were known to millions as cartoon characters--gawky, bespectacled Woodrow Wilson, balloon-like Mussolini, and the moustache men--Hitler, Stalin, Neville Chamberlain, and Ramsey Macdonald.Comic, mordant, and irreverent, political cartoons reveal more about popular concerns in this period of rising nationalism and aggression than most official documents or journalism. Published in newspapers and magazines with wide circulations, they ``made sense'' to the ordinary reader. Over fifty years later, that sense of immediate identification has been lost, and these political cartoons now need detailed explanation.Read More

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  • 0415044979
  • 9780415044974
  • Dr Roy Douglas, Roy Douglas
  • 19 March 1992
  • Routledge
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
  • 1
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