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David Clampin - Advertising and Propaganda in World War II: Cultural Identity and the Blitz Spirit - 9781780764344 - V9781780764344
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Advertising and Propaganda in World War II: Cultural Identity and the Blitz Spirit

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Description for Advertising and Propaganda in World War II: Cultural Identity and the Blitz Spirit Hardback. The 'blitz' - the period of Nazi bombing campaigns on civilian Britain during World War II - was a formative period for British national identity. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
The Blitz- the period of Nazi bombing campaigns on civilian Britain during World War II- was a formative period for British national identity. In this groundbreaking book, David Clampin looks at the images, campaigns and slogans which helped to form the fabled 'Blitz spirit'- powerfully echoed in Winston Churchill's speeches. Because advertisers attempted to capitalise on war-time patriotism, Clampin's unique focus on advertising provides a visually rich seam of new information on the everyday war, and makes an enormous contribution to the debate on people's experiences of war and nationalism. Using a remarkable and hitherto unseen range of primary source ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
International Library of Twentieth Century History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780764344
SKU
V9781780764344
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About David Clampin
David Clampin is Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He completed his PhD at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Reviews for Advertising and Propaganda in World War II: Cultural Identity and the Blitz Spirit
'David Clampin's work provides a fascinating new perspective on the propaganda of daily life in Britain in the Second World War, not least in demonstrating how much of what we today consider 'wartime propaganda' was shaped, not simply by government directives and initiatives, but by the wartime consumer advertising industry. In addressing the Home Front through the mirror of ... Read more

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