Reading newspapers : press and public in eighteenth-century Britain and America

著者

• Heyd, Uriel

書誌事項

Reading newspapers : press and public in eighteenth-century Britain and America

Uriel Heyd

（SVEC, 2012:03）

Voltaire Foundation, 2012

注記

Bibliography: p. 279-298

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In their first century of uninterrupted publication, newspapers reached an all-embracing readership: male and female, noble and artisan, in both town and country. Such was its impact that this seemingly ephemeral product became a collector's object. In Reading newspapers Uriel Heyd examines this vibrant new print medium and investigates its political, social and cultural implications. Adopting a comparative approach, the author traces the culture of newspaper reading in Britain and America. Previously unexplored sources such as newspaper indexes and introductions, plays, auction catalogues and a unique newspaper collection assembled and annotated by a Bostonian shopkeeper, provide invaluable access to perceptions of the press, reading practices, and the ever-changing experience of consumers. While newspapers supplied news of immediacy and relevance, their effect transcended the here and now, influencing readers' perceptions of the age in which they lived and helping to shape historical memory. But the newly found power of this media also gave rise to a certain fear of its ability to exploit or manipulate public opinion. Perceived as vehicles of enlightenment, but also viewed with suspicion, the legacy of eighteenth-century newspapers is still felt today.

目次

Introduction Part I Newspapers 1. The role of the press 2. Consuming the newspaper 3. Sorting the newspaper: printer- and reader-compiled indexes Part II Readers 4. The newspaper world on stage 5. Quidnunc: the obsessive reader 6. The reader as collector: shaping time and space Conclusion Appendix 1: Harbottle Dorr: biographical sketch Appendix 2: Classification of index contents Appendix 3: Dorr's index: content categories Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB08700594
• ISBN:
  • 9780729410427
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 302 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 071.309033
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Newspaper reading
  • LCSH : American newspapers -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : English newspapers -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Reading interests -- United States -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Reading interests -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA46635977