Iron fists : branding the 20th-century totalitarian state

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Author:

Heller, Steven

Publication Information:

[London] : Phaidon Press Ltd, 2010, c2008.

Physical Description:

223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

ISBN:

9780714861098

Abstract:

An illustrated survey of the propaganda graphics created by the totalitarian governments of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Soviet Union, and Communist China. Heller explores the use of logos, the development of regime-specific typefaces, and even the slogans used to both rally and terrorize the populace.

General Note:

First published in 2008.

Contents:

Introduction -- The Nazis -- The Italian Fascists -- The Soviet Communists -- The Communist Chinese.

Subject Term:

Totalitarianism and art.

Propaganda, Communist -- Soviet Union.

Propaganda, Communist -- China.

Nazi propaganda.

Fascist propaganda -- Italy.

Political posters.

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