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There are many others working on, or have already completed, theses that are also of interest to me as a researcher in this topic, and therefore may also be of interest to others. Boon, T., 'Film and contestation of public health in interwar Britain ', PhD, 1999 Chapman, J., 'Official British Film Propaganda during the Second World War', PhD, 1995 Carruthers, S.L., 'Propaganda, publicity and political violence: the presentation of terrorism in Britain, 1944-60', PhD,…
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Leslie William Spears: An Enquiry into the use of propaganda on the Home Front during World War Two with special reference to the role and effectiveness of the poster as a means of conveying Government policy

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Original typescript, 1998. Dissertation (M.A.) - University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art, Division of History of Art and Design, 1998. No abstract. I attended some sessions at Winchester School of Art, with Brandon Taylor, re: Art & Propaganda, and Leslie was inspired to write this MA. I'm ashamed to say that I've never had a chance to read it, maybe now I'm back in the area, I might find time!
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P.H. Taylor: ‘The Role of Local Government during the Second World War, with special reference to Lancashire’

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Taylor, P.H., 'The role of local government during the second world war, with special reference to Lancashire.' Ph.D. completed 1992. Lancaster University Abstract: This is a thesis concerning the effects of war on society and in particular that of World War Two on Local Government. It employs the idea of `test-dissolution-transformation', brought about by the conflict, on the workings of the local authorities in a wide field of endeavour. These range from Civil Defence, evacuation…
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G.Sinclair: ‘Propaganda and Churchill in the Second World War: The Making of an Icon’

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Wonder if this thesis has been finished yet? Sinclair, G., 'Propaganda and Churchill in the Second World War: the Making of an Icon' PhD Thesis, in progress. University of Kent at Canterbury Looking at how Churchill was presented to the public in the media and how this image was controlled by party political interests, the government and commercial concerns. Also reassess the public's opinion of Churchill during the war and how public opinion is used…
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Paul Rennie: ‘An Investigation into the Design, Production and Display Contexts of Industrial Safety Posters Produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents During WW2’

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Rennie, P., 'An investigation into the design, production and display contexts of industrial safety posters produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents during WW2' PhD thesis, completed January 2004. London College of Printing. This thesis examines a group of posters produced by the Industrial Service of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) during WW2 (1939-45). The posters were commissioned to reduce factory accidents and raise awareness amongst workers of…
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