The press and society : from Caxton to Northcliffe

Author(s)

• Cranfield, Geoffrey Alan

Bibliographic Information

The press and society : from Caxton to Northcliffe

G.A. Cranfield

（Themes in British social history）

Longman, 1978

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [232]-234

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1978.This book surveys the history of the Press as a whole in relation to the development of society - beginning with the introduction of the art of printing into England in 1476.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 From the beginnings to 1695
• Chapter 2 Intelligence, instruction and entertainment 1695-1760
• Chapter 3 Liberty, licentiousness and venality
• Chapter 4 The early Radical Press and the Sunday newspaper
• Chapter 5 The growth of a new reading public and the struggle to control it
• Chapter 6 The age of The Times
• Chapter 7 The provincial Press, 1701-1854
• Chapter 8 The explosion: from 1855 to the advent of Northcliffe
• conclusion Conclusion

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Details

• NCID: BA04614493
• ISBN:
  • 0582489830
  • 0582489849
• LCCN: 77021904
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 242 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN5124.S6
  • DC : 079/.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Press -- Great Britain -- History
  • LCSH : Journalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Social conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0024851X