| Description |
1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Perceptions of Propaganda in Inter-War Britain: An Overview -- 3. The Stationery Office and Government Information -- 4. 'Bringing Alive' the Post Office -- 5. Health Publicity 1919-1939 -- 6. 'Drink More Milk' -- 7. Centralization Rebuffed: 1935-1946 -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
This is a study of government publicity activities in Britain between the wars. Mariel Grant focuses on the development of public relations bureaux and information services in Whitehall. She shows how during the inter-war period publicity came to be regarded as a legitimate and necessary task of democratic government, and that although government departments pursued propaganda activities with different motives and divergent perspectives, they adopted a similar approach to both the tool and their audience. Dr Grant explores a variety of different issues and campaigns, including the Post Office's attempts to make the public 'telephone conscious', the Ministry of Health's sexual education efforts, and the multi-departmental and protracted 'Drink More Milk' campaign. She shows how the experiences and developments of the 1920s and 1930s contributed to the decision in 1939 to establish the propaganda ministry designed to manage wartime publicity and shape public opinion |
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The book offers valuable insights into the nature of propaganda and its management, and contributes to our understanding of the changing role of the state in modern British society |
| Analysis |
Propaganda History |
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Great Britain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-274) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Government publicity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Government publicity.
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Politics and government
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Propaganda
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Regierung
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Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
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Propaganda.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056918
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056919
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191676284 |
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0191676284 |
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