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Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive
Stuart Ball
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Description for Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive
Paperback. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, this book gives an excellent insight into the key issues and evolving 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. Num Pages: 192 pages, 196 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AGC; AKLP; HBTB; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 850. British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive. 160 pages, 196 colour illustrations. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 images, this book gives an excellent insight into the key issues and evolving 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. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AGC; AKLP; HBTB; JPHF; JPVL. Dimension: 250 x 209 x 18. Weight: 850.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243532
SKU
V9781851243532
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Ref
99-13
About Stuart Ball
Stuart Ball is a Reader in Modern History at the University of Leicester. His research area is British political history during the twentieth century.
Reviews for Dole Queues and Demons: British Election Posters from the Conservative Party Archive
‘Dole Queues and Demons has instant impact. It's powerfully evocative and Stuart Ball is the surest of guides through the politico-emotional geography.’
Professor Peter Hennessy ‘These images are such fun … spawned from the Conservative Party archives at the Bodleian Library [the book] offers a sumptuous selection of Tory propaganda covering more than a century of political warfare.’
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Professor Peter Hennessy ‘These images are such fun … spawned from the Conservative Party archives at the Bodleian Library [the book] offers a sumptuous selection of Tory propaganda covering more than a century of political warfare.’
... Read more