Drawing Liberalism (eBook)

Herblock's Political Cartoons in Postwar America

Simon Appleford (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
316 Seiten
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-4889-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawing Liberalism is the first book-length critical examination of the political and social impact of the political cartoonist Herbert Block-popularly known as Herblock. Working for the Washington Post, Herblock played a central role in shaping, propagandizing, and defending the ideals of postwar liberalism, a normative set of values and assumptions that dominated American politics and culture after World War II.Best remembered for his unrelenting opposition to and skewering cartoons of Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, Herblock introduced the term "e;McCarthyism"e; into the American political lexicon. With its unstinting and unapologetic support for the liberal agenda, across a career spanning over fifty years at the Post, Herblock's work affords a unique lens through which to interpret and understand the shifts and contours of twentieth-century American political culture, from the postwar period through the civil rights era into the Nixon presidency.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 43 b&w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Herbert L. Block (Herblock) • Herbert L. Block Herblock • liberal consensus • political cartoons • Postwar America • postwar liberalism • Public Opinion • Visual rhetoric
• ISBN-10: 0-8139-4889-4 / 0813948894
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-4889-8 / 9780813948898