Newspapers, politics, and public opinion in late eighteenth-century England

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Hannah, Author.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs Newspapers, politics, and public opinion in late eighteenth-century England

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--History--18th century--Great Britain.

Press and politics.

English newspapers--History--18th century--Great Britain.

English newspapers.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Public opinion.

Press--Influence--History--18th century.

Press.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1837.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 202 p.) : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Newspapers, Politics, and Public Opinion in Late Eighteenth-Century England. Oxford Historical Monographs

Oxford historical monographs

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an examination of the ways in which both London and provincial newspapers operated in the late-18th century, the fashioning of their politics, their relationships with politicians and, crucially, their readers.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE

EDITORS

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

LIST OF FIGURES

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1 NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER READERS IN LONDON

THE POWER OF THE PRESS

NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR READERS

2 NEWSPAPER POLITICS IN THE CAPITAL

3 LONDON NEWSPAPERS AND REFORM

4 PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER READERS

THE ECONOMICS OF PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS

PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR READERS

5 THE POLITICS OF THE PROVINCIAL PRESS

6 PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPERS AND REFORM

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-80002-X

OCLC:

814476830