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On floods and photo ops : how Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush exploited catastrophes

Title
On floods and photo ops : how Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush exploited catastrophes / Paul Martin Lester.
Author
Lester, Paul Martin.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

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Description
xviii, 260 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Bush, George W. 1946- > In mass media > Case studies
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 > In mass media > Case studies
  • Disasters > Political aspects > United States > Case studies
  • Photojournalism > Political aspects > United States > Case studies
  • Photographs > Political aspects > History. > United States
  • Manipulative behavior > Political aspects > United States > Case studies
  • Hurricane Katrina, 2005
  • Floods > Mississippi River > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Discoveries : from banality comes understanding -- Analysis : ways of seeing and studying images -- Publicity : the photo op as a political tool -- Floods : when water defeats land -- Lives : Herbert Clark Hoover and George Walker Bush -- Natchez : analysis of the Hoover photograph -- Delisle : analysis of the Bush photograph -- Connections : ordinary images teach complex lessons.
Call Number
IAG 10-2378
ISBN
  • 9781604732863 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1604732865 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009021666
OCLC
YBP 2009021666
Author
Lester, Paul Martin.
Title
On floods and photo ops : how Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush exploited catastrophes / Paul Martin Lester.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
IAG 10-2378
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