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- For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
- Series: Studies in War, Society, & the Military
summary
World War I prompted the first massive organized propaganda campaign of the twentieth century. Posters, pamphlets, and other media spread fear about the “Hun,” who was often depicted threatening American families in their homes, while additional campaigns encouraged Americans and their allies to support the war effort. With most men actively involved in warfare, women and children became a special focus—and a tool—of social manipulation during the war. For Home and Country examines the propaganda that targeted noncombatants on the home front in the United States and Europe during World War I. Cookbooks, popular magazines, romance novels, and government food agencies targeted women in their homes, especially their kitchens, pressuring them to change their domestic habits. Children were also taught to fear the enemy and support the war through propaganda in the form of toys, games, and books. And when women and children were not the recipients of propaganda, they were often used in propaganda to target men. By examining a diverse collection of literary texts, songs, posters, and toys, Celia Malone Kingsbury reveals how these pervasive materials were used to fight the war’s cultural battle.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Copyright Page
- p. iv
- Table of Contents
- p. vii
- List of Illustrations
- pp. viii-x
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-26
- Bibliography
- pp. 289-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803228320
Related ISBN(s)
9780803224742
MARC Record
OCLC
649454252
Pages
326
Launched on MUSE
2011-07-21
Language
English
Open Access
No