European Illustrated Press and the Emergence of a Transnational - Visual Culture of the News, 1842 187

This book looks at the roots of a global visual news culture: the trade in illustrations of the news between European illustrated newspapers in the mid-nineteenth century. In the age of nationalism, we might suspect these publications to be filled with nationally produced content, supporting a national imagined community. However, the large-scale transnational trade in illustrations, which this book uncovers, points out that nineteenth-century news consumers already looked at the same world. By exchanging images, European illustrated newspapers provided them with a shared, transnational, experience.

List of contents

Introduction;  1. Readers all over the world: The audiences of the Illustrated London News, l'Illustration and the Illustrirte Zeitung, 1842-1870;  2. The transnational trade in illustrations of the news, 1842-1870;  3. Foreign images of war: L'Illustration's images of the Crimean War in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper;  4. Images of the World: The transnational trade in illustrations and the visual representation of the Universal Exposition of 1867;  Conclusion;  Bibliography

About the author

Thomas Smits is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Summary

In 19th century Europe, illustrated newspapers allowed consumers a shared, transnational experience. Arguing against the assumption that such publications may have emerged merely to support a national imagined community, this monograph uncovers the roots of a global visual news culture fostered by illustrated news from the 19th century.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Smits, Thomas (Utrecht University Smits
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2021
• EAN: 9781032083018
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3208301-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Media Studies, Popular Culture, Europe, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history