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Daily Newspaper America Pt1 (Hardcover)
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Daily Newspaper America Pt1 (Hardcover)
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"I would rather live in a country with newspapers and without a
government, than in a country with a government but without
newspapers" - Thomas Jefferson. This volume in a set traces the
development of American journalism from its early beginnings in the
17th century up until 1940. Together the books outline the enormous
changes which the industry underwent, from the production
techniques to journalistic practices and changes in distribution
methods. Media historians considered Hudson's history, "Journalism
in the United States, from 1600-1872 (1873)", to be the
authoritative text for the study of the development of American
journalism, a subject previously neglected by American historians.
The work has remained an important source for modern day scholars.
Hudson (1819-75) became known as "the father of journalism" for his
innovative news-gathering practices and was managing editor of the
New York Herald, which by the outbreak of the Civil War was the
most widely read newspaper in the United States. Alfred McClung
Lee's "The Daily Newspaper in America. The Evolution of a Social
Instrument" is an extensive examination of the newspaper industry
from 1710 to 1936, from an economic an
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