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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458413003321

Autore

Clark Charles E. <1929->

Titolo

The public prints [[electronic resource] ] : the newspaper in Anglo-American culture, 1665-1740 / / Charles E. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1994

ISBN

1-280-52678-5

0-19-535961-5

1-4294-0572-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

070.9

071.3

307.23/22/0942

Soggetti

American newspapers - History

British newspapers - History

Electronic books.

United States Civilization To 1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.