The Bolshevik Poster [Paperback]

Stephen White (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

The omnipresent and multifarious placards that emerged during the time of the Soviet civil war are illustrated here and placed in a historical framework. "White writes a fast-moving history of this unique confluence of art and 'agitational literature,' " reported PW.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press (1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300048696
• ISBN-13: 978-0300048698
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,073,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen White is a clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of suspense novels, including Dead Time and The Siege. He lives in Colorado.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Research...need more Poster examples., September 3, 2003

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greenlhm "greenlhm" (Gateway to the West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bolshevik Poster (Paperback)

Excellent text research, I rate that 5 stars. There are not enough examples of artists work. Certainly this printing (3rd) does a balancing act of not becoming strictly an artist bio, it does cover the political/social also. Too much black and white and positioning of posters within the text is difficult. Some of the very dramatic posters are illustrated very small within the text while rather ineffectual mundane works are given full pages. Some are pages away from the reference. This book needs to be expanded in another edition, I would gladly pay more for a hardcover, coffee table sized tome with MORE posters illustrated. Yes this is certainly one of the more in-depth poster books available that does not succumb to being just a "picture" book with no reference. Overall an excellent work. Buy it, you won't be sorry...