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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791494203321

Autore

Baldasty Gerald J

Titolo

The commercialization of news in the nineteenth century / / Gerald J. Baldasty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis. : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-299-13403-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)

Disciplina

071/.3/09034

Soggetti

Press - United States - History - 19th century

Journalism - Economic aspects - United States - History - 19th century

American newspapers - Economic aspects - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-224) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work traces the major transformation of newspapers from a politically based press to a commercially based press in the 19th century. Gerald J. Baldasty argues that broad changes in American society, the national economy and the newspaper industry brought about this dramatic shift.