The projection of Britain: British overseas publicity and propaganda, 1919-1939

This book traces the origins and early development of what are today loosely termed Britain's Overseas Information Services. It examines how, at the end of the First World War, the British government came to forfeit the considerable lead it had established in propaganda since 1914, and the reas...

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Main Author: Taylor, Philip M. 1954-2010 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
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Summary:This book traces the origins and early development of what are today loosely termed Britain's Overseas Information Services. It examines how, at the end of the First World War, the British government came to forfeit the considerable lead it had established in propaganda since 1914, and the reasons why it had gradually to re-enter the field during the inter-war years as a direct response to totalitarianism. It surveys the pioneering work of the Foreign Office News Department and its important press office, the commercial propaganda conducted by the Empire Marketing Board and the Travel Association, the foundation and rapid peacetime growth of the British Council to conduct 'cultural diplomacy', and the beginning of the BBC's World Service with the inauguration of foreign-language broadcasts in 1938
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). - Originally published in 1981.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 363 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511562242
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511562242

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