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These two timely retrospectives offer illustrated histories of "political print" and de facto visual chronicles of humanity's irrepressible need to resist injustice. McQuiston, formerly of the Royal College of Art, brings a chronological focus that skews European, scanning centuries of countless works both famous and arcane, each captioned with densely informative text. We learn why the suffragette "look" incorporated the colors purple, white, and green; when pears became an emblem of resistance under Louis-Philippe; and how the Zapatistas spawned antiglobalism. The author provides an excellent sampling of Thomas Nas...Log In or Sign Up to Read More