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The invention of news : how the world came to know about itself Andrew Pettegree

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2014.Description: vi, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300179088
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.09
Online resources: Summary: "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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 070.09 PE IN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0028546

Includes bibliographical referenes (p. 373-428) and index.

"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.

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