The public prints : the newspaper in Anglo-American culture, 1665-1740 / Charles E. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Charles E., 1929- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American newspapers--History.

American newspapers.

British newspapers--History.

British newspapers.

United States--Civilization--To 1783.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traces the development of the first newspapers published in the American colonies, and sets their emergence against the history of the press in London and the English countryside. The book also explores how information once designed mainly for private transmission became public property.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Artifact; 1. Genealogy; 2. The Metropolis; 3. The Provinces; 4. John Campbell, Pioneer American Newspaperman, 1704-1719; 5. Competition, 1719-1732; 6. The Couranteers, 1721-1726; 7. ""A Fine Taste for Good Sense and Polite Learning"": The Literary Newspaper, 1727-1735; 8. Three Cities: A Richer Tapestry, 1728-1740; 9. The Printer as Publisher; 10. The Ritual: The Reader's World; 11. The Newspaper in Culture; 12. The Transition; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-318) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771560-5

1-280-52678-5

0-19-535961-5

1-4294-0572-4

OCLC:

476015078