Cruel Deeds and Dreadful Calamities : The Illustrated Police News 1864-1938 (9780712358118)

The Illustrated Police News is often dismissed as a crude publication which aimed to thrill the undiscerning reader with gruesome pictures. Cruel Deeds and Calamities sets out to correct that belief by demonstrating the diversity of its subject matter, examining its social and political agenda and revealing the power and compassion in its images. The Illustrated Police News was a promoter of social change and a campaigner against the evils of cruelty, poverty, drink and crime. It anticipated by many years the features of today's journalism, in the rapidity with which it provided pictures of current news events, its appeal to the emotions, and the involvement of its readers in the reporting process. This is the first book exclusively about the Illustrated Police News to reproduce the pictures as high quality images, provide a balanced account of its content and cover the full period of its publication. There is substantial new research into how the paper was produced, the men who made it a success, and the stories behind the pictures.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 160 pages
• Dimensions 220 x 280 x 15.24mm | 816.47g
• Publication date 15 Apr 2011
• Publisher British Library Publishing
• Imprint The British Library Publishing Division
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 100 black and white illustrations
• ISBN10 0712358110
• ISBN13 9780712358118
• Bestsellers rank 127,330

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