American political cartoons : the evolution of a national identity, 1754-2010 / Stephen Hess and Sandy Northrop ; with a new chapter by the authors.

From Benjamin Franklin's drawing of the first American political cartoon in 1754 to contemporary cartoonists' blistering attacks on George W. Bush and initial love-affair with Barack Obama, editorial cartoons have been a part of American journalism and politics. American Political Cartoons chronicle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Stephen
Other Authors: Northrop, Sandy, 1947-
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2011.
Edition:First Transaction edition.
Subjects:
Political cartoons > United States > History > 19th century.
Political cartoons > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > Caricatures and cartoons.
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Genre:
Caricatures and cartoons.
Physical Description:203 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The birth of a national identity : 1754-1865
  • The rise of the American cartoon : 1865-1896
  • The cartoon comes of age : 1896-1918
  • The art of uncertainty : 1918-1947
  • The cartoonist versus the television : 1947-1974
  • Coming full circle : 1975-1996
  • Cartooning at a crossroads : 1997-2010.