An inky business : a history of newspapers from the English Civil Wars to the American Civil War / Matthew J. Shaw.

"An Inky Business is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type. It is the story of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the English Civil Wars to the Battle of Gettysburg over two hundred years later. It is an account of what news was and how the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, Matthew John, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Newspapers > History > 17th century.
Newspapers > History > 18th century.
Newspapers > History > 19th century.
Newspapers.
1600-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Origins
  • 2. Reporting Parliament
  • 3. Colonial Papers
  • 4. News and the American Revolution
  • 5. The French Revolution
  • 6. Scandal
  • 7. The Creation of the Modern Press.