Carriers of the New Black Plague
- Title:
- Carriers of the New Black Plague
- Alternate Title:
- Carriers of the New Black Plague
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Cotton, William H. (William Henry), 1880-
- Date:
- 1938
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1268.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1268_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Materials/Techniques:
- color printing
- Subject:
- Between the Wars
Satirical
Pictorial - Measurement:
- 30 x 53 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- A powerful satirical commentary on totalitarian control of speech from the first issue of Ken Magazine. "Caught here in all their peculiar beauty by the soul searching stylus of W. Cotton, Ken holds up for wonder the mangy motley pack of little 'strong men' who are now leading the world on a backward march to the Dark Ages. . . . In effect, over more than half the world, Liberty is now in totalitarian Eclipse." Each country is characterized by the degree of "dictatorial control" over communication. Each of the totalitarian leaders is named and shamed ("His Blood-red Loneliness, Nobody's Comrade, Stalin").
Ken was a controversial anti-fascist publication that first appeared in April 1938. It was distinguished by unusual and powerful graphics like this one and provocative photos and articles, including reports on the Spanish Civil War by Ernest Hemingway. The magazine failed in August 1939 as a result of wariness by advertisers and a boycott by the Catholic Church. Baptista 2009, 109-115. For other maps in the collection from the magazine, Search > "Ken Magazine."
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Ken Magazine, April 7, 1938. [volume 1, number 1]
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.