The march of journalism : the story of the British press from 1622 to the present day / by Harold Herd
London : Allen & Unwin, 1952. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #436887
Physical description; 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-330) and index. Contents; The newsbooks -- The first newspaper -- The advent of the daily -- The rise of the periodical -- The developing newspaper -- New men at the head -- The rebels -- The independent newspaper emerges -- End of the taxes on knowledge -- The age of expansion -- Nineteenth-century periodicals -- The new journalism -- Newspaper development in the twentieth century -- The changing magazine -- The pres in the second World War -- Parliament and the press -- The daily miracle. Subjects; Geschichte (1622-1950). Journalism Great Britain. Press Great Britain History. Journalism Great Britain History.
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