| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; HISTORY OF THE NEWSPAPER IN BRITAIN: Key moments; INTRODUCTION: News, newspapers and society; 1 SPREADING THE WORD: The pre-history of the British newspaper, 1486-1660; 2 NEWSPAPERS FOR THE FEW: Politics, the press and partisanship, 1660-1789; 3 KNOWLEDGE AND POWER: The Radical press, 1789-1850; 4 TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY: The press as 'the fourth estate', 1850-90; 5 THE NORTHCLIFFE REVOLUTION: The rise of the commercial newspaper, 1890-1922; 6 NEWSPAPER WARS: The press in the inter-war years, 1922-39. |
| Summary |
This book traces the evolution of the newspaper, documenting its changing form, style and content as well as identifying the different roles ascribed to it by audiences, government and other social institutions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Press -- Great Britain -- History.
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Press. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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English newspapers -- History.
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English newspapers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Kevin. Read all about it! London ; New York : Routledge, 2010 9780415346238 (DLC) 2009006219 (OCoLC)166360249 |
| ISBN |
9780203596890 (electronic book) |
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0203596897 (electronic book) |
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9780415346238 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0415346231 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415346245 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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041534624X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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