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OverviewUsing the press coverage of the Franco-Prussian war as a starting point, Michle 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 periodicals during this period worked to reinforce particular national identities. Images in periodicals 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 with 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 on the times designed by editors to have specific effects on the readers. Images at War is a much-needed study of this early news medium and its part in the construction of nationalism in the midst of war. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michèle MartinPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9780802037572ISBN 10: 0802037577 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 04 May 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMichele Martin is a professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |