Business of News in England, 1760-1820
Details:
- Author(s) Gardner, Victoria E M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2016
- Pages 270pp
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Place Published Basingstoke
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work exploring the commerce of the English provincial press' based on lives and businesses of 257 newspapers and 305 newspaper proprietors to demonstrate how competition shaped co-operative networks and news content. Has chapters 'English press'; 'Advertisements, agents and exchange'; 'Provincial newspaper proprietors'; 'Securing the family, embedding the trade'; 'Communications and communication brokers'; 'News networks'. Include an appendix providing a 'Provisional checklist of provincial newspaper proprietors', [pp169-207] giving dates, other occupations, associated newspapers, partnership details, etc, per proprietor - covers c300 proprietors