After the War: The Press in a Changing America, 1865-1900

ISBN-13: 9781412865135 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 386 str.

David B. Sachsman; Dea Lisica

Opis

After the Civil War, the United States became a nation of industrialized cities crisscrossed by a vast network of railroads. The changes in America were so dramatic that they transformed the social structure of the country and the nature of journalism. After the War documents the evolution of post-Civil War America by examining its journalism, from coverage of politics and reconstruction to sensational reporting and images of the American people. As America changed, the media changed, and by the 1870s and 1880s new kinds of daily newspapers had developed. New Journalism eventually gave rise to Yellow Journalism resulting in big-city newspapers that were increasingly sensationalistic, entertaining, and designed to attract everyone--including the illiterate immigrant poor, whose children translated the stories to them. The images of the nation's people as seen through journalistic eyes tell a vibrant story, from coverage of immigrants--the Irish to the Chinese--to stories about African American -Black fiends- and Native American -savages.- After the War presents a panoramic view of social, political, and economic change in post-Civil War America, exploring the politics of the time, from Reconstruction to the rise of Jim Crow, and describing the journalism of the age as it entertained the masses, served the public, and raked the muck. This work will interest scholars and students of history, journalism, and media studies.