Newspaper Confessions: A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age

ISBN-13: 9780197527788 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 232 str.

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Recenzje

In this engaging study, Julie Golia illuminates how, when, and why AmericansDLespecially womenDLbegan to seek advice for their most personal and intimate problems from total strangers writing in mass circulation newspapers. Newspaper Confessions not only traces the changing relationship between newspapers and their readers, but also uncovers the struggles confronting Americans of all backgrounds as they came to terms with modernity.

O autorze

Julie Golia is the Curator of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information at the New York Public Library. An active public historian, she tweets at @JuliethePH.