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How we advertised America : the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on Public Information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe

Title
How we advertised America : the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on Public Information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe / by George Creel ...
Author
Creel, George, 1876-1953.
Publication
New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, [1920]

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Description
xvii, [1], 466, [1] pages frontispiece, plates, portraits; 23 cm
Subject
  • United States. Committee on Public Information
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Public opinion
Note
  • "Published June, 1920."
Contents
pt. 1. The domestic section. The 'second lines" -- The "censorship" bugbear. -- The "Fourth of July fake" -- The Committee's "aircraft lies" -- Relations with Congress. -- The division of news. -- The four minute men. -- The fight for the mind of mankind. -- The battle of the films. -- The "battle of the fences" -- The war expositions. -- The speaking division. -- The advertising division. -- The "Americanizers" -- Work among the foreign-born. -- A wonderful Fourth of July. -- The "Official bulletin" -- Division of women's war-work. -- Other divisions. -- Showing America to the foreign press. -- pt. 2. The foreign section. The fight in foreign countries. -- America's world news service. -- The foreign mail service. -- Fighting with films. -- Breaking through the enemy censorship. -- France, England, and Italy. -- The work in Mexico. -- The work in Switzerland. -- The work in Holland. -- The work in Spain. -- The work in Scandinavia. -- The work in the Orient. -- The work in South America. -- The Russian campaign. -- pt. 3. Demobilization. After the Armistice. -- "Americanizing" Mittel Europa. -- Confusion and neglect. -- Appendix. The American Newspaper Publishers' Association. -- "Savagery" vs. sanity. -- Publications of the Committee on Public Information in the United States.
Call Number
*CBSB 10-668
LCCN
20010648
OCLC
1540684
Author
Creel, George, 1876-1953.
Title
How we advertised America : the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on Public Information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe / by George Creel ...
Imprint
New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, [1920]
Type of Content
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Type of Medium
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Type of Carrier
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