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Loyola University Chicago

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George Derek Musgrove, Rumor, Repression, And Racial Politics: How The Harassment Of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America, Christopher E. Manning Apr 2013

George Derek Musgrove, Rumor, Repression, And Racial Politics: How The Harassment Of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America, Christopher E. Manning

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The Right Side Of The Sixties: Reexamining Conservatism’S Decade Of Transformation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer Jan 2013

The Right Side Of The Sixties: Reexamining Conservatism’S Decade Of Transformation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Comics And Conflict: War And Patriotically Themed Comics In American Cultural History From World War Ii Through The Iraq War, Cord A. Scott Jan 2011

Comics And Conflict: War And Patriotically Themed Comics In American Cultural History From World War Ii Through The Iraq War, Cord A. Scott

Dissertations

Illustration has been an integral part of human history. Particularly before the advent of media such as photography, film, television, and now the Internet, illustrations in all their variety have been the primary visual way to convey history. The comic book, which emerged in its modern form in the 1930s, was another form of visual entertainment that gave readers, especially children, a form of escape.

As World War II began, however, comic books became an integral part of war propaganda as well providing information and education for both children and adults. This dissertation looks at how specific comic books of …