Read All About It!: A History of the British Newspaper

by Kevin Williams

This Text-book traces the evolution of the newspaper, documenting its changing form, style and content as well as identifying the different roles ascribed to it by audiences, government and other social institutions.

Starting with the early 17th century, when the first prototype newspapers emerged, through Dr Johnson, the growth of the radical press in the early 19th century, the Lord Northcliffe revolution in the early 20th century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041534624X
• ISBN13: 9780415346245
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"