J. Wiener

Gebundenes Buch

The Americanization of the British Press, 1830s-1914

Speed in the Age of Transatlantic Journalism

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-58186-9
• 2011 edition
• Seitenzahl: 253
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780230581869
• ISBN-10: 0230581862
• Artikelnr.: 34739602

Rezensionen

Winner of the 2012 Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize