Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century / C.Y. Ferdinand.
Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century / C.Y. Ferdinand.
Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century / C.Y. Ferdinand.
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Publisher
Oxford : Clarendon Press : New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0394876
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English
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Physical content
viii, 258 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Benjamin Collins: The Man behind the Newspapers -- 2. The Commercial Structure of a Provincial Newspaper: Management and Distribution -- 3. From Newsagent to Reader: Defining Readership -- 4. Production and Policy: The Shape of a Provincial Newspaper -- 5. Editors and Text -- 6. The Commercial Co...
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Oxford : Clarendon Press : New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Behind these news networks was the entrepreneurial spirit of Benjamin Collins, a figure of national importance, who set up Salisbury's first bank, established newspapers in London and the provinces, wrote children's books with John Newbery, and whose publishing interests brought him into contact with the literary and commercial life of London. This...
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Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century / C.Y. Ferdinand.
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Oxford historical monographs.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-241) and index.
Transferred from N072.319/1.
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T0394876
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74VMbM0BbBOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbM0BbBOM
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ISBN
0198206526
9780198206521
DDC
072.319
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991000725229702626
