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An Inky Business : A History of Newspapers from the English Civil Wars to the American Civil War / Matthew J. Shaw.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shaw, Matthew, 1974- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Newspapers--History.
Newspapers.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
London, England : Reaktion Books Ltd, [2021]
Summary:
"An Inky Business is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type. It is the story of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the English Civil Wars to the Battle of Gettysburg over two hundred years later. It is an account of what news was and how the idea of news became central to public life, as well as how newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip."
Contents:
1. Origins
2. Reporting Parliament
3. Colonial Papers
4. News and the American Revolution
5. The French Revolution
6. Scandal
7. The Creation of the Modern Press.
Notes:
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Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781789144185
1789144183
OCLC:
1247832129

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