Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media

Bell, B. (Ed), Kaul, C. (Ed), Wilkinson, A. S. (Ed)

Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media publishes original, high quality research into the cultures of communication from the middle ages to the present day. The series explores the variety of subjects and disciplinary approaches that characterize this vibrant field of enquiry. The series will help shape current interpretations not only of the media, in all its forms, but also of the powerful relationship between the media and politics, society, and the economy. Advisory Board: Professor Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), Professor Nicholas Cull (University of Southern California), Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley (Macquarie University), Professor Monica Juneja (Heidelberg University), Professor Tom O’Malley (Aberystwyth University).

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The Empire-Commonwealth Press Union, Cultures of Media and Globalisation in the Twentieth Century Book

The Empire-Commonwealth Press Union, Cultures of Media and Globalisation in the Twentieth Century

Kaul, C. (2100)

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M.K. Gandhi, Media, Politics and Society Book

M.K. Gandhi, Media, Politics and Society

Kaul, C. (Ed) (2020)

This Palgrave Pivot showcases new research on M.K. Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, and the press, telegraphs, broadcasting and popular culture. Despite Gandhi being the subject of …

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The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press Book

The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press

Dewhirst, C. (Ed), Scully, R. (Ed) (2020)

This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia’s migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed …

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The Great War in American and British Cinema, 1918–1938 Book

The Great War in American and British Cinema, 1918–1938

Copping, R. (2020)

This book recounts the reception of selected films about the Great War released between 1918 and 1938 in the USA and Great Britain. It discusses the role that popular cinema …

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Australian Radio Listeners and Television Viewers Book

Australian Radio Listeners and Television Viewers

Griffen-Foley, B. (2020)

This lively and accessible book charts how Australian audiences have engaged with radio and television since the 1920s. Ranging across both the commercial and public service …

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Winston Churchill in the British Media Book

Winston Churchill in the British Media

Ishikawa, H. (2020)

The book explores how Churchill was portrayed in the UK press during the Second World War, comparing his depictions in Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, and provincial English …

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The British Press and the Greek Crisis, 1943–1949 Book

The British Press and the Greek Crisis, 1943–1949

Koutsopanagou, G. (2020)

This book provides the first detailed analysis of how interactions between government policy and Fleet Street affected the political coverage of the Greek civil war, one of the …

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The Media, European Integration and the Rise of Euro-journalism, 1950s–1970s Book

The Media, European Integration and the Rise of Euro-journalism, 1950s–1970s

Herzer, M. (2019)

This book explains how the media helped to invent the European Union as the supranational polity that we know today. Against normative EU scholarship, it tells the story of the …

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British and American News Maps in the Early Cold War Period, 1945–1955 Book

British and American News Maps in the Early Cold War Period, 1945–1955

Stone, J. P. (2019)

During the early years of the Cold War, England and the United States both found themselves reassessing their relationship with their former ally the Soviet Union, and the status …

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George Seldes’ War for the Public Good Book

George Seldes’ War for the Public Good

Fordham, H. (2019)

This book examines the idea of fake news through an analysis of the work of early to mid-twentieth century press critic George Seldes. By examining fake news - also known as …

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Early Black Media, 1918–1924 Book

Early Black Media, 1918–1924

Chapman, J. L. (2019)

This book represents the first systematic attempt to analyse media and public communications published in Britain by people of African and Afro-Caribbean origin during the …

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Biography and History in Film Book

Biography and History in Film

Freeman, T. S. (Ed), Smith, D. L. (Ed) (2019)

The essays in this volume seek to analyze biographical films as representations of historical individuals and the times in which they lived. To do this, contributors examine the …

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Special Correspondence and the Newspaper Press in Victorian Print Culture, 1850–1886 Book

Special Correspondence and the Newspaper Press in Victorian Print Culture, 1850–1886

Waters, C. (2019)

This book analyses the significance of the special correspondent as a new journalistic role in Victorian print culture, within the context of developments in the periodical press, …

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Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922—67 Book

Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922—67

Dibbs, M. (2019)

This book provides a narrative history of the BBC Radio Variety Department exploring, along chronological lines, the workings of, tensions within and the impact of BBC policies on …

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Media and the Cold War in the 1980s Book

Media and the Cold War in the 1980s

Bastiansen, H. G. (Ed), Klimke, M. (Ed), Werenskjold, R. (Ed) (2019)

The Cold War was a media phenomenon. It was a daily cultural political struggle for the hearts and minds of ordinary people—and for government leaders, a struggle to undermine …

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Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714 Book

Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714

Forbes, S. (2018)

This book is the first full-length study of the development of Irish political print culture from the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 to the advent of the Hanoverian succession in …

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Railway Photographic Advertising in Britain, 1900-1939 Book

Railway Photographic Advertising in Britain, 1900-1939

Medcalf, A. (2018)

This book explores the phenomenal resources dedicated to understanding and encouraging passengers to consume travel from 1900 to 1939, analysing how place and travel were …

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Media and the Government of Populations Book

Media and the Government of Populations

Dearman, P., Greenfield, C., Williams, P. (2018)

This book deals with the social, cultural and especially political significance of media by shifting from the usual focus on the public sphere and publics and paying attention to …

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Media and the Portuguese Empire Book

Media and the Portuguese Empire

Garcia, J. L. (Ed), Kaul, C. (Ed), Subtil, F. (Ed), Santos, A. (Ed) (2017)

This volume offers a new understanding of the role of the media in the Portuguese Empire, shedding light on the interactions between communications, policy, economics, society, …

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The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England Book

The Business of Satirical Prints in Late-Georgian England

Baker, J. (2017)

This book explores English single sheet satirical prints published from 1780-1820, the people who made those prints, and the businesses that sold them. It examines how these …

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