1st Edition
Propaganda and Nation Building Selling the Irish Free State
By Kevin Hora
Copyright 2017
243 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
243 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the origins of Ireland in its first independent incarnation, the Irish Free State (1922-1937). It explores how contemporary public relations and propaganda techniques were used to construct an identity for this new state – a state which after enduring seven years of insurrection and civil war, became one of the most stable democracies in Europe. This stability, the book... Read more
Introduction
1 Influences on the development of Free State propaganda
2 Funding propaganda
3 New media and propaganda
4 Propaganda and nation-building
5 Securing the state through propaganda
6 Commercial propaganda
7 Tourism propaganda
8 ‘A transient ornament of statehood’ – external affairs and diplomatic propaganda
Conclusion
Biography
Kevin Hora lectures in public relations and public affairs in Dublin Institute of Technology and Rathmines College of Further Education, and is a member of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland.
