The press and society : from Caxton to Northcliffe
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The press and society : from Caxton to Northcliffe
(Themes in British social history)
Longman, 1978
- : pbk
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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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