Newspapers and English Society 1695-1855

ISBN-13: 9780582312173 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 256 str.

Hannah Barker

Opis

This lively new study covers the dramatic expansion of the press from the seventeenth century to the mid nineteenth century. Hannah Barker explores the factors behind the rise of newspapers to a major force helping to reflect and shape public opinion and altering the way in which politics operated at every level of English life. Newspapers, Politics and English Society 1695-1855 provides a unique insight into the political and social history of eighteenth and nineteenth century England as well as an important study of the history of the media.

Spis treści

Introduction, Hannah Barker; Part 1 The Development of the Newspaper Press, Hannah Barker; Chapter 1 Newspapers and Public Opinion, Hannah Barker; Chapter 2 The Growth of Newspapers, Hannah Barker; Chapter 3 Newspaper Readers, Hannah Barker; Chapter 4 Politicians and the Press, Hannah Barker; Chapter 5 Newspaper Management and Editorial Strategies, Hannah Barker; Part 2 Newspapers and Politics, Hannah Barker; Chapter 6 1695–1759, Hannah Barker; Chapter 7 1760–1786, Hannah Barker; Chapter 8 1787–1814, Hannah Barker; Chapter 9 1815–1855, Hannah Barker; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Hannah Barker;

O autorze

Hannah Barker