The Public Prints : the Newspaper in Anglo-American Culture, 1665-1740
Traces the development of the first newspapers published in the American colonies, and sets their emergence against the history of the press in London and the English countryside. The book also explores how information once designed mainly for private transmission became public property
History
1 online resource (345 pages)
9780195359619, 9781280526787, 9781429405720, 0195359615, 1280526785, 1429405724
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Contents; Introduction: The Artifact; 1. Genealogy; 2. The Metropolis; 3. The Provinces; 4. John Campbell, Pioneer American Newspaperman, 1704-1719; 5. Competition, 1719-1732; 6. The Couranteers, 1721-1726; 7. "A Fine Taste for Good Sense and Polite Learning": The Literary Newspaper, 1727-1735; 8. Three Cities: A Richer Tapestry, 1728-1740; 9. The Printer as Publisher; 10. The Ritual: The Reader's World; 11. The Newspaper in Culture; 12. The Transition; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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