The commercialization of news in the nineteenth century /

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.

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Main Author: Baldasty, Gerald J.
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1992
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
ISBN:9780299134037
0299134032
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized