Table of Contents: “…Predecessors of the poster -- The poster in the age of lithography -- Jules Cheret -- The golden age of the poster in France -- The poster conquers the world: Belgium, England, America in 1914, Spain and Italy, Spain and Italy, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, the French poster from 1900 to 1914 -- The first World War -- Russia -- The avant-gardes -- Germany -- Austria -- France between the wars -- Belgium -- England -- The United States -- Switzerland -- Central Europe -- Holland and Scandinavia -- Italy -- Spain -- Japan between the wars -- The second World War -- Poster trends 1945-1970 -- The post-war Polish poster -- The post-war poster in Japan -- Cuba and China -- The images of revolt -- Painting, culture and the consumer society -- The poster today.…”