• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: News from Germany : The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900–1945
  • Contributor: Tworek, Heidi J. S [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, [2019]
    [Online-Ausg.]
  • Published in: Harvard Historical Studies ; 190
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.4159/9780674240728
  • ISBN: 9780674240728
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  • Keywords: Mass media Germany Influence History 20th century ; Mass media Germany History 20th century ; Mass media and culture History 20th century ; News agencies Germany History 20th century ; HISTORY / Europe / Germany
  • Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausg.]
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: De Gruyter - Pilot project. eBook available to selected libraries only
    In English
    Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
  • Description: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 .The News Agency Consensus -- 2. A World Wireless Network -- 3. Revolution, Representation, and Reality -- 4. The Father of Radio and Economic News in Europe -- 5. Cultural Diplomacy in Istanbul -- 6. False News and Economic Nationalism -- 7. The Limits of Communications -- 8. The World War of Words -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Archives Consulted -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Index

    Heidi Tworek’s innovative history reveals how, across two devastating wars, Germany attempted to build a powerful communication empire—and how the Nazis manipulated the news to rise to dominance in Europe and further their global agenda. When the news became a form of international power, it changed the course of history
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