Persuading John Bull

Author : Thomas E. Sebrell
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073918511X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persuading John Bull written by Thomas E. Sebrell and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first scholarly analysis of The London American, the pro-Union propaganda journal published in London during the American Civil War, and the motives and troubles of its proprietor, John Adams Knight, a Northern American based in the British capital. The newspaper’s successes and failures in attempts to manipulate British public opinion during the war are compared with that of The Index, its rival Confederate propaganda weekly headquartered two doors down London’s Fleet Street. Persuading John Bull provides scholars and general readers alike a far greater understanding of the largely unknown Northern newspaper’s motivations and campaigns during the war, as well as an in-depth analysis of The Index which builds greatly on present historiographical discussions of the Southern journal. It also offers new insights into Britain’s roles in the conflict, Anglo-American relations, and mid-Victorian British political and social history. The book is not restricted to discussing the two propaganda machines as its focus—they are used to approach a greater analysis of British public opinion during the American Civil War—both journals were strongly associated with numerous key figures, societies (British and American), and events occurring on both sides of the Atlantic pertaining to the conflict. Although propaganda is only one source from which to tap, the effectiveness of the two lobbyist journals either directly or indirectly impacted other factors influencing Britain’s ultimate decision to remain neutral. This book reveals a fresh new cast of Union supporters in London, in addition to more Confederate sympathizers throughout Britain not previously discussed by scholars. The roles of these new figures, how and why they endorsed the Northern or Southern war effort, is analyzed in detail throughout the chapters, adding greatly to existing historiography.

Author : Thomas E. Sebrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781498501392
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persuading John Bull written by Thomas E. Sebrell and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the propaganda war fought by Northern and Southern journalists in London during the American Civil War and provides analyses of their motives and published partisan arguments, as well as of their British subscribers.

Author : Tamara L. Hunt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351945653
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defining John Bull written by Tamara L. Hunt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Georgian England was a period of great social and political change, yet whether this was for good or for ill was by no means clear to many Britons. In such an era of innovation and revolution, Britons faced the task of deciding which ideals, goals and attitudes most closely fitted their own conception of the nation for which they struggled and fought; the controversies of the era thus forced ordinary people to define an identity that they believed embodied the ideal of 'Britishness' to which they could adhere in this period of uncertainty. Defining John Bull demonstrates that caricature played a vital role in this redefinition of what it meant to be British. During the reign of George III, the public's increasing interest in political controversies meant that satirists turned their attention to the individuals and issues involved. Since this long reign was marked by political crises, both foreign and domestic, caricaturists responded with an outpouring of work that led the era to be called the 'golden age' of caricature. Thus, many and varied prints, produced in response to public demands and sensitive to public attitudes, provide more than simply a record of what interested Britons during the late Georgian era. In the face of domestic and foreign challenges that threatened to shake the very foundations of existing social and political structures, the public struggled to identify those ideals, qualities and characteristics that seemed to form the basis of British society and culture, and that were the bedrock upon which the British polity rested. During the course of this debate, the iconography used to depict it in graphic satire changed to reflect shifts in or the redefinition of existing ideals. Thus, caricature produced during the reign of George III came to visually express new concepts of Britishness.

Author : Michael Turner
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807174505
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stonewall Jackson, Beresford Hope, and the Meaning of the American Civil War in Britain written by Michael Turner and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive examination of British sympathy for the South during and after the American Civil War, Michael J. Turner explores the ideas and activities of A. J. Beresford Hope—one of the leaders of the pro-Confederate lobby in Britain—to provide fresh insight into that seemingly curious allegiance. Hope and his associates cast famed Confederate general Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson as the embodiment of southern independence, courage, and honor, elevating him to the status of a hero in Britain. Historians have often noted that economic interest, political attitudes, and concern about Britain’s global reach and geostrategic position led many in the country to embrace the Confederate cause, but they have focused less on the social, cultural, and religious reasons enunciated by Hope and ostensibly represented by Jackson, factors Turner suggests also heightened British affinity for the South. During the war, Hope noticed a tendency among British people to view southerners as heroic warriors in their struggle against the North. He and his pro-southern followers shared and promoted this vision, framing Jackson as the personification of that noble mission and raising the general’s profile in Britain so high that they collected enough funds to construct a memorial to him after his death in 1863. Unveiled twelve years later in Richmond, Virginia, the statue stands today as a remarkable artifact of one of the lesser-known strands of British pro-Confederate ideology. Stonewall Jackson, Beresford Hope, and the Meaning of the American Civil War in Britain serves as the first in-depth analysis of Hope as a leading pro-southern activist and of Jackson’s reputation in Britain during and after the Civil War. It places the conflict in a transnational context that reveals the reasons British citizens formed bonds of solidarity with the southerners whom they perceived shared their social and cultural values.

Author : John Arbuthnot
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465502505
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of John Bull written by John Arbuthnot and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1889-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Demodocus Poplicola (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Bull's Bible; Or, Memoirs of the Stewardship and Stewards of John Bull's Manor of Great Albion written by Demodocus Poplicola (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas J. Cull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 157607434X
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propaganda and Mass Persuasion written by Nicholas J. Cull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-07-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly international, authoritative A–Z guide to five centuries of propaganda, in both wartime and peacetime, which covers key moments, techniques, concepts, and some of the most influential propagandists in history. This fascinating survey provides a comprehensive introduction to propaganda, its changing nature, its practitioners, and its impact on the past five centuries of world history. Written by leading experts, it covers the masters of the art from Joseph Goebbels to Mohandas Gandhi and examines enormously influential works of persuasion such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, techniques such as films and posters, and key concepts like black propaganda and brainwashing. Case studies reveal the role of mass persuasion during the Reformation, and wars throughout history. Regional studies cover propaganda superpowers, such as Russia, China, and the United States, as well as little-known propaganda campaigns in Southeast Asia, Ireland, and Scandinavia. The book traces the evolution of propaganda from the era of printed handbills to computer fakery, and profiles such brilliant practitioners of the art as Third Reich film director Leni Riefenstahl and 19th-century cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose works helped to bring the notorious Boss Tweed to justice.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.R2/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law is a bottomless pit; or the history of John Bull. The drapier's letters written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emily Auerbach
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299201845
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for Jane Austen written by Emily Auerbach and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Jane Austen's life and writings, this work surveys two centuries of editing, censorship, and fiction that created a pious, wistful, romantically pining, and frustrated Austen. It serves up an antidote to that icon - a dynamic, brave, and buoyant writer - by examining subtle self-portraits in the author's works.

Author : Bill Lindsay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398115266
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Schaw Lindsay written by Bill Lindsay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From orphaned cabin boy to ship's captain, shipping magnate and MP; the biography of a Victorian titan.