The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature

Detroit, MI: Tower Books, 1971 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. 8vo. xv, 363 pp, list of b&w illustrations, Part I. The Napoleonic Era: 1. The Beginnings of Political Caricature; 2. Hogarth and His Times; 3. James Gillray; 4. Bonaparte as First Consul; 5. The Emperor at His Apogee; 6. Napoleon's Waning Power. Part II. From Waterloo Through the Crimean War: 7. After the Downfall; 8. The "Poire"; 9. The Baiting of Louis-Phillipe; 10. Mayeux and Robert Macaire; 11. From Cruikshank to Leech; 12. The Beginning of Punch; 13. '48 and the Coup d'Etat; 15. The Struggle in the Crimea.. Part III. The Civil and Franco-Prussian Wars: 16. The Mexican War and Slavery; 17. Neglected Opportunities; 18. The South Secedes; 19. The Four Years' Struggle; 20. Nations and Men in Caricature; 21. The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War; 22. The Debacle. Part IV. The End of the Century: 23. The Evolution of American Caricature; 24. The Third French Republic; 25. General European Affairs; 26. Thomas Nast; 27. The American Political Campaigns of 1880 and 1884; 28. The Influence of Journalism; 29. Years of Turbulence; 30. American Parties and Platforms; 31. The Spanish-American War; 32. The Boer War and the Dreyfus Case; 33. The Men of Tod=-day. Reprint, 1971. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..