Empire Marketing Board
Other Business Names:
- Tallents, Sir Stephen
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established 1926 as a government agency to promote inter Empire trade as a step to closer imperial economic integration. Carried on economic analysis, scientific research into empire food production and distribution, and publicity, producing notable posters and films. Closed 1933. Its secretary from 1926-33 was Sir Stephen Tallents. Its posters were designed to turn the British public into 'Empire conscious consumers' and to underline the economic importance of imperial trade and the various humanitarian aspects of empire
Publications:
- Bringing another empire alive? The Empire Marketing Board and the construction of dominion identity, 1926-33 by Barnes, Felicity
- 'Bringing the Empire alive. The Empire Marketing Board and imperial propaganda, 1926-1933' in J M MacKenzie (ed), Imperialism and Popular Culture by Constantine, Stephen
- Buy and Build. The advertising posters of the Empire Marketing Board by Constantine, Stephen
- Demand for Canned Fruits by Unknown
- Dissolution of the Empire Marketing Board, 1933. Reflections on a diary by Lee, J M
- Empire Marketing Board Posters by Horton, Melanie
- 'Empire Marketing Board. Tobacco advertising and the image of the white male imperial archetype' in A Ramamurthy. Imperial Persuader. Images of Africa and Asia in British Advertising by Ramamurthy, Anandi
- Imperial images. The Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1932 by Meredith, David
- Imperialism and Alternative Film Culture. The Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, 1926-1933 by Hoare, Jonathan G
- Poster campaign of the Empire Marketing Board by Crawford, W S
- Propaganda, Pride and Prejudice. Revisiting the Empire Marketing Board by Horton, Melanie
- Public Relations and the Making of Modern Britain. Stephen Tallents and the birth of a progressive media profession by Anthony, Scott
- Publicity and the Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1933 by Freeman, J
- Rise and Fall of the British Documentary. The story of the film movement founded by John Grierson by Sussex, Elizabeth
- Selling empire. A historical perspective on selling foreign products in domestic markets by Moore, Jonathan A
- Treasury control and the Empire Marketing Board. The rise and fall of non-tariff preference in Britain, 1924-1933 by Self, Robert C
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Tallents, Sir Stephen
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government & other agency support & promotion services for business
Notes:
Established 1926 as a government agency to promote inter Empire trade as a step to closer imperial economic integration. Carried on economic analysis, scientific research into empire food production and distribution, and publicity, producing notable posters and films. Closed 1933. Its secretary from 1926-33 was Sir Stephen Tallents. Its posters were designed to turn the British public into 'Empire conscious consumers' and to underline the economic importance of imperial trade and the various humanitarian aspects of empirePublications:
- Bringing another empire alive? The Empire Marketing Board and the construction of dominion identity, 1926-33 by Barnes, Felicity
- 'Bringing the Empire alive. The Empire Marketing Board and imperial propaganda, 1926-1933' in J M MacKenzie (ed), Imperialism and Popular Culture by Constantine, Stephen
- Buy and Build. The advertising posters of the Empire Marketing Board by Constantine, Stephen
- Demand for Canned Fruits by Unknown
- Dissolution of the Empire Marketing Board, 1933. Reflections on a diary by Lee, J M
- Empire Marketing Board Posters by Horton, Melanie
- 'Empire Marketing Board. Tobacco advertising and the image of the white male imperial archetype' in A Ramamurthy. Imperial Persuader. Images of Africa and Asia in British Advertising by Ramamurthy, Anandi
- Imperial images. The Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1932 by Meredith, David
- Imperialism and Alternative Film Culture. The Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, 1926-1933 by Hoare, Jonathan G
- Poster campaign of the Empire Marketing Board by Crawford, W S
- Propaganda, Pride and Prejudice. Revisiting the Empire Marketing Board by Horton, Melanie
- Public Relations and the Making of Modern Britain. Stephen Tallents and the birth of a progressive media profession by Anthony, Scott
- Publicity and the Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1933 by Freeman, J
- Rise and Fall of the British Documentary. The story of the film movement founded by John Grierson by Sussex, Elizabeth
- Selling empire. A historical perspective on selling foreign products in domestic markets by Moore, Jonathan A
- Treasury control and the Empire Marketing Board. The rise and fall of non-tariff preference in Britain, 1924-1933 by Self, Robert C