1st Edition
Between the Wars 1919-1939 The Cartoonists' Vision
366 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1992. `Between the wars' was the great age of the cartoon character. The adventures of Mickey Mouse, Popeye, and Donald Duck were followed avidly by millions. Even the political leaders of the grim world of the 1920s and 1930s were known to millions as cartoon characters - gawky, bespectacled Woodrow Wilson, the balloon-like Mussolini, and the moustache men Hitler, Stalin,... Read more
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 They make a wilderness … 1918–20; Chapter 2 Revolution, 1917–21; Chapter 3 Mediterranean problems, 1919–23; Chapter 4 Reparations, 1919–25; Chapter 5 Hope, 1924; Chapter 6 Stability, 1925–9; Chapter 7 The Great Depression begins, 1929–31; Chapter 8 The Great Depression and British politics, 1929–32; Chapter 9 The Nazi rise to power, 1923–33; Chapter 10 Japan, 1921–33; Chapter 11 A time of conferences, 1925–33; Chapter 12 Setting the scene, 1933–4; Chapter 13 The end of the old order, 1935; Chapter 14 Abyssinia, 1935–6; Chapter 15 The Rhineland, 1936; Chapter 16 Spain and the triumph of ideology, 1936–9; Chapter 17 Problems of foreign policy, 1936–8; Chapter 18 Italy, Germany and Austria, 1937–8; Chapter 19 Czechoslovakia, 1938; Chapter 20 Aftermath to Munich, 1938–9; Chapter 21 The road to war, March–September 1939; Chapter 22 Reflections;
Biography
Roy Wiliams
`... illustrate well the different offical and mass cultures of the times.' - Janes Intelligence
`... provides the reader with enjoyment as well as understanding.' - History Teaching Review
