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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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 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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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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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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Peter von Zahn's Cold War Broadcasts to West Germany Book

Peter von Zahn's Cold War Broadcasts to West Germany

Nathans, E. (2017)

This book examines the pioneering radio broadcasts and television documentaries about the United States made in the 1950s by the influential West German journalist Peter von Zahn. …

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Commemoration and Oblivion in Royalist Print Culture, 1658-1667 Book

Commemoration and Oblivion in Royalist Print Culture, 1658-1667

Peters, E. (2017)

This book explores the measures taken by the newly re-installed monarchy and its supporters to address the drastic events of the previous two decades. Profoundly preoccupied with …

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Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement Book

Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement

Dolber, B. (2017)

This book explores the Jewish Left’s innovative strategies in maintaining newspapers, radio stations, and educational activities during a moment of crisis in global democracy. In …

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The Tories and Television, 1951-1964 Book

The Tories and Television, 1951-1964

Ridge-Newman, A. (2017)

This book explores the role of television in the 1950s and early 1960s, with a focus on the relationship between Tories and TV. The early 1950s were characterized by recovery from …

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The Modern Cultural Myth of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Book

The Modern Cultural Myth of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Theodore, J. (2016)

This book investigates the ‘decline and fall’ of Rome as perceived and imagined in aspects of British and American culture and thought from the late nineteenth through the early …

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A History of the Norwegian Press, 1660-2015 Book

A History of the Norwegian Press, 1660-2015

Dahl, H. F. (2016)

In the course of the nineteenth century the advent of printed pamphlets, with their news and advertisements, gave every town along Norway's long coast – populated by farmers, …

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The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011 Book

The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011

Brake, L. (Ed), Kaul, C. (Ed), Turner, M. W. (Ed) (2016)

This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of …

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A History of the International Movement of Journalists Book

A History of the International Movement of Journalists

Nordenstreng, K., Björk, U. J., Beyersdorf, F., Høyer, S., Lauk, E. (2016)

This study presents a general history of how journalism as an emerging profession became internationally organized over the past one hundred and twenty years, seen mainly through …

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The Business of News in England, 1760–1820 Book

The Business of News in England, 1760–1820

Gardner, V. E. M. (2016)

The Business of News in England, 1760-1820 explores the commerce of the English press during a critical period of press politicization, as the nation confronted foreign wars and …

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