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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810861903321

Autore

Zacher Dale E

Titolo

The Scripps newspapers go to war, 1914-18 / / Dale E. Zacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-15572-9

9786613155726

0-252-09299-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

070.4/499403

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Press coverage - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Concern: June 27, 1914 -- 2. Seeds Get Planted: June 1914 to May 1915 -- 3. Harsh Realities: May to November 1915 -- 4. "Genuine Enthusiastic Support": November 1915 to November 1916 -- 5. Democracy versus Autocracy: December 1916 to July 1917 -- 6. "To Advocate a Policy and to Yourself Meet Its Requirements": July to December 1917 -- 7. Reconsidering an "Ostrich Type of Patriotism": 1918 -- Conclusion: "Harder . . . to Be of Public Service -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.