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The Huns have got my gramophone! : advertisements from the Great War / Amanda-Jane Doran and Andrew McCarthy.
Lippincott Library HF5813.G7 D67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doran, Amanda-Jane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Advertising--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Advertising.
- World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 110 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2014.
- Summary:
- "When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, industrious companies wasted no time in seizing the commercial opportunities presented by the conflict. The Huns Have Got my Gramophone! collects some of the most striking advertisements created between 1914 and 1918, offering an unexpected source of historical information and an intimate glimpse of a nation at war."--p. [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Trench coats
- Food and drink
- Women and motor vehicles
- Medicines
- Cameras and photography
- Military gadgets
- Charitable appeals
- Gramophones
- Ladies' fashions
- Fountain pens
- Soap and skin cream
- Military outfitters
- The practical patriot
- Nursing equipment
- Motor vehicles
- Cigarettes and tobacco.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110).
- ISBN:
- 9781851243990
- 1851243992
- OCLC:
- 859583614
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