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Politics, Ink: How America's Cartoonists Skewer Politicians, from George III to George Dubya » (1st Edition)
Authors: Edward J. Lordan
ISBN-13: 9780742536388, ISBN-10: 0742536386
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Edward J. Lordan
Book Synopsis
This fun and extensively illustrated books tells the story of the American political cartoon, form its origins over 250 years ago to today. Edward Lordon gives us a tour of artists, politics, media, American society, and the technology of cartooning, including the work of Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Currier & Ives, Thomas Nast, Dr. Suess, Pat Oliphant, Draper Hill, Ted Rall, Mike Keefe, Tom Toles, and countless others.
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | Cartoons and the birth of the nation (1740 to 1785) | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Complexity in government and media (1786 to 1860) | 21 |
| Ch. 3 | The medium matures (1860 to 1900) | 33 |
| Ch. 4 | World wars and economic depression (1900 to 1945) | 55 |
| Ch. 5 | Cartooning in the broadcast era (1946 to 2000) | 73 |
| Ch. 6 | Creators and consumers | 89 |
| Ch. 7 | Process and effect | 109 |
| Ch. 8 | In their own words : cartoonists on cartooning | 135 |
| Ch. 9 | Epilogue : the future of American editorial cartoons | 157 |
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