Author |
Kerby, Martin C., 1967-
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Series |
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media |
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Palgrave studies in the history of the media.
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Subject |
Gibbs, Philip, 1877-1962.
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Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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War correspondents -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Journalists -- Biography.
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Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 237 pages). |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Foreword -- Victorian childhood: 1877-1895 -- The new journalism: 1895-1912 -- Free lance war correspondent: 1912-1915 -- Official war correspondent: 1915-1918 -- Adventures in journalism: 1918-1939 -- The pageant of the years: 1939-1962 -- Conclusion. |
Summary |
Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. Prior to 1914 he reported on industrial unrest, Ireland, the suffragette movement, royal births, deaths and coronations, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Balkan War in 1912. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and war reporting during the First World War. As a war correspondent on the Western Front, his articles, which appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, did much to shape civilian attitudes during the First World War and its immediate aftermath. Many critics dismissed Gibbs' work as propaganda and his acceptance of a knighthood in 1920 as a reward. His writing in the post-war years covered the full range of inter-war European politics, the Second World War, and the Cold War. |
Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Note |
Print version record. |
ISBN |
9781137573018 (electronic bk.) |
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1137573015 (electronic bk.) |
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9781137573001 |
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1137573007 |
OCLC # |
945613292 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Kerby, Martin C. Sir Philip Gibbs and English Journalism in War and Peace. London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016 9781137573001 |
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