Images at War: Illustrated Periodicals and Constructed Nations

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Eyes of the Readers * The Illustrated Press in Its Sociopolitical Context * The Transformation of the Nineteenth-Century Press * The Franco-Prussian War in Context * Making Choices * The Production of Illustrations in Content * The Politics of Visual Representation * Producing Illustrated Newspapers * Contextualizing Production of Illustrations * Making History * Illustrating War * Technical Means and the Discrepancy of Circulationbetween Images and Texts * Making Stories? * Feeding Memories * Choosing What to Remember * The Illustrated Periodicals Analyse the War * A Post-Mortem of Some Participants * Post-War Effects * Makers of National Memories * Preparing for War Coverage * Taking Positions * Breaking the News: A Franco-Prussian War Is On! * Ruptures * Food for Thought * Managing the Unexpected, Boosting National Feelings * Political Ruptures * Periodical Ruptures * Front and Back Pages * Elements of Comparison Conclusion: Constructing Memories * * Ways of Seeing the War * Images versus Texts * Mediated Content * Launching a Process of Memorization Notes Illustration Credits Index