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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 Pamphlets And Magazines In Every Combatant Nation, Uniting Diverse Populations As Viewers Of The Same Image And Bringing Them Closer, In An Imaginary And Powerful Way, To The War. Most War Posters Were Aimed Particularly At Civilian Populations. Posters Nationalized, Mobilized, And Modernized Those Populations, Thereby Influencing How They Viewed Themselves And Their Activities. The Home-front Life -- Factory Work, Agricultural Work, Domestic Work, The Consumption And Conservation Of Goods, As Well As Various Forms Of Leisure -- Became, Through The Viewing Of Posters, Emblematic Of National Identity And Of Each Citizen's Place Within The Collective Effort To Win The War. Essays By Jay Winter, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Jennifer D. Keene, And Oth

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Author

James, Pearl.

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282424517

Category

art

Subjects

Fiction, History & Criticism, History

Rating

4.75 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14