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John Grierson and the National Film Board: The politics of wartime propaganda
by Evans, Gary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802025196
- ISBN 13
- 9780802025197
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto & Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a gift inscription to a former owner on the half title page, but no other marks or signs of use. The green cloth covers are bright, with just a hint of wear at edges and corners. The silver gilt spine lettering is still shiny. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is in excellent condition, with minimal wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Contents: - 1. Early film propaganda: a Canadian flair and a British movement. -- 2. Political cockfights and the wartime National Film Board. -- 3. Image of wartime Canada: publicity, information or propaganda? -- 4. Grierson and Legg: an ideological approach to film propaganda and a carte blanche. -- 5. Non-theatrical film propaganda and rural circuits. -- 6. Focusing on world events and the destiny of nations: The World in Action. -- 7. Down the greased pole: practical politics and Igor Gouzenko deflate Grierson's triumph. -- 8. Last words: the Grierson legacy
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- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007750
- Title
- John Grierson and the National Film Board: The politics of wartime propaganda
- Author
- Evans, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802025196
- ISBN 13
- 9780802025197
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto & Buffalo
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; World War II;
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