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Author Martin, Michèle, 1944-

Title Images at war : illustrated periodicals and constructed nations / Michèle Martin.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The illustrated press in its sociopolitical context -- The production of illustrations in content -- Making history -- Feeding memories -- Preparing for war coverage -- Managing the unexpected, boosting national feelings.
Summary "Using the press coverage of the Franco-Prussian war as a starting point, Michele Martin's Images at War examines nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals published in France, Germany, England, and Canada (with references also to Italy and the United States), and argues that during that era they worked to reinforce particular national identities." "The images that appeared played an essential role in how the concept of nationalism was expressed and reproduced, usually by pitting cultures and countries against one another. These illustrated periodicals helped to shape nations where nations had not previously existed - such as Germany, Italy, and Canada, which were only just coming into their own as states. In war, Martin observes, these documents also represented a non-verbal method of communicating emotionally trying, politically challenging, and oftentimes contradictory information to the public, literate and non-literate alike." "The history of nineteenth-century illustrated papers underscores their legitimacy as a form of journalism. They were more than a commodity produced for profit; they offered serious reflection and commentary designed by editors to have specific effects on the readers. Images at War is a study of this early news medium and its part in the construction of nationalism in the midst of war."--Jacket.
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Subject Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Press coverage -- Europe.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Press coverage -- Canada.
Illustrated periodicals -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Illustrated periodicals.
Europe.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Illustrated periodicals -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Canada.
Press and politics -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Press and politics.
Press and politics -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Martin, Michèle, 1944- Images at war. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2006 9780802037572 (DLC) 2006280212 (OCoLC)60566955
ISBN 9781442675995 (electronic book)
1442675993 (electronic book)
128202339X
9781282023390
0802037577
9780802037572