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

By:

Shaw, Matthew John, 1974- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2021.Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s):

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.

Subject: "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 idea of news became central to public life, as well as how newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip."

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Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Company of Philadelphia	Op1 A6335.O	Available		313820

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 idea of news became central to public life, as well as how newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip."

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.