Design for Victory : World War II Posters on the American Home Front
Bird, William L.; Rubenstein, Harry R.
9781568981406
ISBN 13: 9781568981406
Publication Date: 1999
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In this fascinating account of new previously unreported information on the commission of American posters during World War II, the authors vividly present quotes revealing the goals and methods applied to pictorial standards. With new insights familiar posters come alive again as the strategies for their design are discussed and assesed in an up to date historical perspective. This book will be invaluable to all those interested in the World War II studies and graphic design.Therese Thau Heyman Design for Victoryis a magnificant visual experience that captures America's ideological and cultural transformation during the nation's most popular 20th century war. Harry Rubenstein and William Bird have not only assembled a stunning set of images, but these two fine historians have also uncovered a set of class and gender transcripts that give unexpected tension to so many of these patriotic, productionist drawings and slogans. This poster book has punch!Nelson Lichtenstein, University of Virginia, author of Labor's War at Home: the CIO in World War II.
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