The Americanization of the British Press, 1830s-1914
Speed in the Age of Transatlantic Journalism
Authors: Wiener, J.
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The first book to compare and contrast the rise of mass circulation press in Britain and America. It provides insights into the origins of tabloid journalism and explores a range of cross-cultural and literary issues, tracing the history of key newspapers and the careers of influential journalists such as Bennett, Russell, Harmsworth and Pulitzer.
- About the authors
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JOEL H. WIENER is Professor Emeritus of History at the City University of New York, USA. He has published and edited many books and articles on British press history and aspects of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century British History. His books include The War of the Unstamped (1969) and Papers for the Millions: the New Journalism in Britain, 1850s to 1914 (1988). Professor Wiener is also a former president of the Research Society for British Periodicals.
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Winner of the 2012 Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-9
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The Fear of Americanization
Pages 10-27
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The Beginnings of Sensationalism
Pages 28-53
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The Democratization of News
Pages 54-79
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The Stimulus of War
Pages 80-101
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Americanization of the British Press, 1830s-1914
- Book Subtitle
- Speed in the Age of Transatlantic Journalism
- Authors
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- J. Wiener
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-34795-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230347953
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-58186-9
- Series ISSN
- 2634-6575
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 253
- Topics
