The Edinburgh history of the British and Irish press. Volume 2, Expansion and evolution, 1800-1900 / edited by David Finkelstein.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Finkelstein, David, 1964- editor.

Series:

• Edinburgh scholarship online.
• Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Press--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• Press--Ireland--History--19th century.
• British newspapers--History--19th century.
• Irish newspapers--History--19th century.
• British periodicals--History--19th century.
• Irish periodicals--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 849 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

• History of the British and Irish press
• Expansion and evolution, 1800-1900

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This is a collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history during a key period of change and development.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Contributor Biographies
• Introduction
• PART I: Press and Periodical Economics
• 1. The Economics of Press and Periodical Production
• PART II: Production and Distribution
• 2. Production
• 3. The Evolution of Image-Making Industries and the Mid- to Late Victorian Press
• PART III: Readership and Distribution
• 4. Readership and Distribution
• PART IV: Identities and Communities
• 5. Cultural Agents and Contexts: The Professionalisation of Journalism
• PART V: Legal Frameworks
• 6. Newspapers and the Law in the Nineteenth Century
• PART VI: Themed Chapters
• 7. The English-Language Press in Continental Europe
• 8. Transnational Exchanges
• 9. Literary and Review Journalism
• 10. ‘One language is quite sufficient for the mass’: Metropolitan Journalism, the British State and the ‘Vernacular’ Periodical Press in Wales, 1840–1914
• 11. The Scottish Gaelic Press
• 12. The Irish-Language Press: ‘A tender plant at the best of times’?
• 13. The Nineteenth-Century Denominational Press
• 14. Comics, Cartoons and the Illustrated Press
• 15. The Satirical Press
• 16. The Medical Press and Its Public
• 17. Science and the Press
• 18. The Business Press
• 19. The Press and Radical Expression: Structure and Dissemination
• 20. The Political Press
• 21. The Trade and Professional Press
• 22. The Leisure and Hobby Press
• 23. The Sporting Press
• 24. The Children’s Press
• 25. The Women’s Press
• 26. The Provincial, Local and Regional Press
• Key Press and Periodical Events Timeline, 1800–1900
• Bibliography
• Index

Notes:

• Also issued in print: 2020.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9781474424905
• 1-3995-0217-4
• 1-4744-2490-2

OCLC:

1312727254