US Newspapers in the American South, 1869-1896 / Matthew Gentzkow , Nathan Petek , Jesse Shapiro , Michael Sinkinson .

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Gentzkow, Matthew.

Petek, Nathan.

Shapiro, Jesse.

Sinkinson, Michael.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 35513.

ICPSR ; 35513

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2014-12-10.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The US Newspapers in the American South, 1869-1896 data collection contains the number and circulation of non-daily newspapers in each of the 11 former Confederate States of America in 1869 and every presidential year between 1872 and 1896, inclusive. The raw data come from two annual directories of US newspapers: George P. Rowell and Company's (Rowell's) American Newspaper Directory (1869-1876) and N.W. Ayer and Son's (Ayer's) American Newspaper Annual (1880-1896). Variables in this collection include newspaper names, year established, political party affiliation, subscription price, and language. Cf.: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35513.v1

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2015-01-05.

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