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Author Appleford, Simon, 1977- author.

Title Drawing liberalism : Herblock's political cartoons in postwar America / Simon Appleford
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Presss, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Contents "An uninhibited voice of liberalism" : becoming Herblock -- "The fear-and-smear racketeers" : protecting democracy -- "The major moral issue of our time" : standing for civil rights -- "Nothing more than inflammatory propaganda" : denouncing the new right -- "I'm afraid to look" : defending liberalism from the left -- "That son-of-a-bitch Herblock" : taking on Nixon -- Epilogue: "A watchman in the night"
Summary "The book examines the cartoonist Herblock as a representative of and influence on Cold War American liberalism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed on March 8, 2023).e
Subject Block, Herbert, 1909-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Block, Herbert, 1909-2001 fast
Subject Editorial cartoonists -- United States -- Biography
Cold War in comics.
Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Cold War in comics
Editorial cartoonists
Liberalism
Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022034831
ISBN 9780813948898
0813948894
9788139488944
8139488941