Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive - Couverture souple

Ball, Stuart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1851243534 ISBN 13 : 9781851243532

Editeur : Bodleian Library, 2011

Synopsis

A unique blend of graphic design, bold art or photography and cunning psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the twentieth century. Exploiting the Conservative Party Archive held at the Bodleian Library which contains over 700 posters, this book charts the evolution of the Conservatives' election posters. Divided into chapters along political periods, the book highlights the changing fashions in and attitudes to advertising, political ideology, slogans, combativeness and above all, propriety. Each chapter includes a brief introduction discussing the major themes of the period as well as captions explaining specific issues related to the individual posters. Lavishly illustrated, 'Dole Queues to Demons' gives a fascinating insight into the issues and strategies of the Conservative Party throughout the twentieth century, and up to the present day. A foreword by advertising guru Maurice Saatchi discusses the posters from a communication and design perspective. This book will fascinate anyone interested in social and political history and modern communications. Published at a time when the advent of new media threatens to herald the end of traditional forms of mass communication, this book takes a timely retrospective look at this enduring feature of the British electoral landscape.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stuart Ball is a Reader in Modern History at the University of Leicester. His research area is British political history during the twentieth century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bodleian Library
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1851243534
• ISBN 13: 9781851243532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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