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Giving meanings to the world : the first U.S. foreign correspondents, 1838-1859 / Giovanna Dell'Orto.
Van Pelt Library PN4888.F69 D45 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dell'Orto, Giovanna, 1977-
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of mass media and communications 0732-4456 ; no. 64.
- Contributions to the study of mass media and communications, 0732-4456 ; no. 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign news--United States--History--19th century.
- Foreign news.
- Foreign correspondents--United States--Biography.
- Foreign correspondents.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 149 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Expanding Meanings of the "World" 1
- Chapter 2 Early American Journalism and News from Abroad 21
- Chapter 3 The Shaping of Foreign News: Improving on the Single Electrician at a Seaport Town 37
- Chapter 4 Images of the "World" in Mid-Nineteenth-Century U.S. Culture 57
- Chapter 5 Constructions of the "World" in the Mainstream Press 77
- Chapter 6 Alternative Constructions of the "World" 103
- Chapter 7 The Earliest American Foreign Correspondence: Giving Meanings to the World 121.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-143) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313322902
- OCLC:
- 48620326
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