Ebook: Pack up your troubles: how humorous postcards helped to win World War I
Author: Taylor James
- Tags: Postcards, Postcards--Great Britain--History--20th century, Wit and humor Pictorial, Wit and humor Pictorial--History--20th century, World War 1914-1918--Great Britain, Humor, History, World War 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Humor, Postcards -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Wit and humor Pictorial -- History -- 20th century, Great Britain
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- City: Great Britain;New York;N.Y
- Language: English
- epub
Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th century. When war broke out in 1914 trade in them soared as the government utilised them as a widespread means of communication, to bolster morale, stiffen resolve and lift up the spirits in the field, at sea and on the home front from 1914 to 1919.
They were also an excellent tool for recording and commenting on military and civilian events as they unfolded. Although the conflict was no laughing matter, humour helped to bring people together and feel stronger during a time of suffering; these postcards helped achieved this and they are therefore considered as significant historical documents.
Pack Up Your Troubles is the first book of this kind to focus exclusively on the impact of British humour in the art of the picture postcards of World War One, both in the field and on the home front. The book is divided into themed chapters of the era, from...