The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself / Andrew Pettegree.
The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself / Andrew Pettegree.
The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself / Andrew Pettegree.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven Yale University Press, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2014/3997
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Beginnings Of News Publication -- 1.Power and Imagination -- 2.The Wheels of Commerce -- 3.The First News Prints -- 4.State and Nation -- 5.Confidential Correspondents -- 6.Marketplace and Tavern -- 7.Triumph and Tragedy -- pt. II Mercury Rising -- 8.Speedi...
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Publisher
New Haven Yale University Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2014]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Summary
"Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought pamphlets, edicts, ballads, journals, and the first news-she...
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The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself / Andrew Pettegree.
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Includes bibliographical referenes (p. 408-428) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/3997
Record Identifier
74VKKw4NPxgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKw4NPxgl
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ISBN
9780300179088 (hbk.) :
DDC
070.9
MMS ID
991021732049702626
