The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself
2014, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Publisher's review copy. Item #473821
Physical description; 445 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Maps -- Introduction all the news that's fit to tell -- 1. Power and imagination -- 2. The wheels of commerce -- 3. The first news prints -- 4. State and nation -- 5. Confidential correspondents -- 6. Marketplace and tavern -- 7. Triumph and tragedy -- 8. Speeding the posts -- 9. The first newspapers -- 10. War and rebellion -- 11. Storm in a coffee cup -- 12. The search for truth -- 13. The age of the journal -- 14. In business -- 15. From our own correspondent -- 16. Cry freedom -- 17. How Samuel Sewall read his paper -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements. Subjects; Journalism Europe history. Press history. Journalism history. Reporters and reporting history. Social science / media studies. Media studies. Press Europe history. Reporters and reporting Europe history.
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