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PublisherUniversity of Virginia Press

ISBN-100813948886

ISBN-139780813948881

eBay Product ID (ePID)14058362126

Product Key Features

Number of Pages316 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDrawing Liberalism : Herblocks Political Cartoons in Postwar America

Publication Year2023

SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, General, Historical, Graphic Arts / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDesign, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorSimon Appleford

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.1 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2022-034830

ReviewsSimon Appleford has written a defining study of arguably twentieth century America's most important political cartoonist. Well-researched and convincingly argued, Drawing Liberalism recovers Herblock's impassioned defenses and critics of Cold War liberalism and anticommunism. This is a must-read book for understanding the political and cultural life of modern America. --Blake Scott Ball, Huntingdon College, author of Charlie Brown's America This book gets high marks for originality, and is very likely to appeal to those interested in political history of the postwar period, political communication, and cartooning in general. An important work. --Matthew J. Costello, Saint Xavier University, Author of Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America, Simon Appleford has written a defining study of arguably twentieth century America's most important political cartoonist. Well-researched and convincingly argued, Drawing Liberalism recovers Herblock's impassioned defenses and critics of Cold War liberalism and anticommunism. This is a must-read book for understanding the political and cultural life of modern America., This book gets high marks for originality, and is very likely to appeal to those interested in political history of the postwar period, political communication, and cartooning in general. An important work.

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220915

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal741.5/6973

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1: "An Uninhibited Voice of Liberalism:" Becoming Herblock 2: ÒThe Fear-and-Smear Racketeers:Ó Protecting Democracy 3: ÒThe Major Moral Issue of Our Time:Ó Standing for Civil Rights 4: "Nothing More Than Inflammatory Propaganda:" Denouncing the New Right 5: I?m Afraid to Look:Ó Defending Liberalism from the Left 6: ÒThat Son-of-a-Bitch Herblock:Ó Taking on Nixon Epilogue: "A Watchman in the Night" Selected Bibliography Notes

SynopsisDrawing 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 "McCarthyism" 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., 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 ......, 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 "McCarthyism" 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., 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 "McCarthyism" 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.

LC Classification NumberNC1429.B625A66 2022