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The European illustrated press and the emergence of a transnational visual culture of the news, 1842-1870 /

"This book looks at the roots of a global visual news culture: the trade in illustrations of the news between European illustrated newspapers in the mid-nineteenth century. In the age of nationalism, we might suspect these publications to be filled with nationally produced content, supporting a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smits, Thomas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, [2020]
Series:Routledge studies in modern European history.
Subjects:
Journalism, Pictorial > Europe > History > 19th century.
Illustrated periodicals > Europe > History > 19th century.
European newspapers > Illustrations > 19th century.
Art and society > Europe > History > 19th century.
Art and society.
Illustrated periodicals.
Journalism, Pictorial.
Europe.
1800-1899
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Readers all over the world: The audiences of the Illustrated London News, L'Illustration and the Illustrirte Zeitung, 1842-1870
  • The transnational trade in illustrations of the news, 1842-1870
  • Foreign images of war: L'Illustration's images of the Crimean War in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper
  • Images of the world: The transnational trade in illustrations and the visual representation of the Universal Exposition of 1867
  • Conclusion.