Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture

Book Overview

The First World War was waged through the participation not just of soldiers but of men, women, and children on the home front. Mass-produced, full-color, large-format war posters were both a sign and an instrument of this historic shift in warfare. War posters celebrated, in both their form and content, the modernity of the conflict. They also reached an enormous international audience through their prominent display and continual reproduction in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803226101
• ISBN13: 9780803226104
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"