Pettegree, Andrew
The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself Andrew Pettegree - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2014. - vi, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Introduction: All the news that's fit to tell -- Part I: The beginnings of news publication. Power and imagination ; The wheels of commerce ; The first news prints ; State and nation ; Confidential correspondents ; Marketplace and tavern ; Triumph and tragedy -- Part II: Mercury rising. Speeding the posts ; The first newspapers ; War and rebellion ; Storm in a coffee cup -- Part III: Enlightenment? The search for truth ; The age of the journal ; In business ; From our own correspondent ; Cry freedom ; How Samuel Sewall read his paper -- Conclusion.
"Tracks the history of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries. It evaluates the unexpected variety of ways in which information was transmitted in the premodern world as well as the impact of expanding news media on contemporary events and the lives of an ever-more-informed public."--Provided by publisher.
9780300179088
2013041978
Journalism--History--Europe
Journalism--History--Europe
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Journalism
070.09
The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself Andrew Pettegree - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2014. - vi, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Introduction: All the news that's fit to tell -- Part I: The beginnings of news publication. Power and imagination ; The wheels of commerce ; The first news prints ; State and nation ; Confidential correspondents ; Marketplace and tavern ; Triumph and tragedy -- Part II: Mercury rising. Speeding the posts ; The first newspapers ; War and rebellion ; Storm in a coffee cup -- Part III: Enlightenment? The search for truth ; The age of the journal ; In business ; From our own correspondent ; Cry freedom ; How Samuel Sewall read his paper -- Conclusion.
"Tracks the history of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries. It evaluates the unexpected variety of ways in which information was transmitted in the premodern world as well as the impact of expanding news media on contemporary events and the lives of an ever-more-informed public."--Provided by publisher.
9780300179088
2013041978
Journalism--History--Europe
Journalism--History--Europe
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Journalism
070.09