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001 2012024895
003 DLC
005 20130814075130.0
008 120621s2012 ncua b s001 0beng
010 $a 2012024895
020 $a9780807835876 (hardback)
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050 00 $aNC1429.N3$bH35 2012
082 00 $a741.5/6973$aB$223
084 $aBIO001000$aART037000$aHIS037060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHalloran, Fiona Deans.
245 10 $aThomas Nast :$bthe father of modern political cartoons /$cFiona Deans Halloran.
260 $aChapel Hill, NC :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c[2012]
300 $axi, 366 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. Nast's legacy also includes a trove of other political cartoons, his successful attack on the machine politics of Tammany Hall in 1871, and his wildly popular illustrations of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly magazine. Throughout his career, his drawings provided a pointed critique that forced readers to confront the contradictions around them. In this thoroughgoing and lively biography, Fiona Deans Halloran focuses not just on Nast's political cartoons for Harper's but also on his place within the complexities of Gilded Age politics and highlights the many contradictions in his own life: he was an immigrant who attacked immigrant communities, a supporter of civil rights who portrayed black men as foolish children in need of guidance, and an enemy of corruption and hypocrisy who idolized Ulysses S. Grant. He was a man with powerful friends, including Mark Twain, and powerful enemies, including William M. "Boss" Tweed. Halloran interprets Nast's work, explores his motivations and ideals, and illuminates Nast's lasting legacy on American political culture. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the founding father of American political cartooning, is perhaps best known for his cartoons portraying political parties as the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant. Nast's legacy also includes a trove of other political cartoons, his successful attack on the machine politics of Tammany Hall in 1871, and his wildly popular illustrations of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly magazine. In this thoroughgoing and lively biography, Fiona Deans Halloran interprets his work, explores his motivations and ideals, and illuminates the lasting legacy of Nast's work on American political culture"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
600 10 $aNast, Thomas,$d1840-1902.
650 0 $aCartoonists$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Art & Politics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1116/2570416/image/lgcover.3699055.jpg