Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays covers a particularly turbulent and important period in European and American history. As a vital component of print and political culture, newspapers feature prominently in many accounts of social and political change between 1750 and 1850. Yet despite the influence attributed to the newspaper press (by historians and contemporaries), not enough is known about the press itself, particularly in terms of national comparison. This collection aims to fill this gap in our knowledge by examining the press of several European countries and of North America.
Synopsis
This book is a study of the relationship between newspapers and public opinion.
Table of Contents
'Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Hannah Barker and Simon Burrows; 1. The cosmopolitan press, 1760 1815 Simon Burrows; 2. The Netherlands, 1750 1813 Nicolaas van Sas; 3. Germany, 1760 1815 Eckhart Hellmuth and Wolfgang Piereth; 4. England, 1760 1815 Hannah Barker; 5. Ireland, 1760 1820 Douglas Simes; 6. America, 1750 1820 David Copeland; 7. France, 1750 89 Jack Censer; 8. The French revolutionary press Hugh Gough; 9. Italy, 1760 1815 Maurizio Isabella; 10. Russia, 1790 1830 Miranda Remnek; Index.\n
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