Covering America A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism

Name: Covering America A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism
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ISBN: 9781558499119

ISBN-10: 1558499113

ISBN-13: 9781558499119

Edition: 2012

Authors: Christopher B. Daly

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Description:

A lively history of American journalism from the colonial era to the present day.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Publication date: 3/2/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.574
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Press, 1704-1920



Foundations of the American Press, 1704-1763 Franklin and His Contemporaries



Printers Take Sides, 1763-1832



Putting the News in Newspapers, 1833-1850



Radicals All! 1830-1875: Covering Slavery and the Civil War



Crusaders and Conservatives, 1875-1912: Journalism in Yellow and Gray



Professionalizing the News in Peace and War, 1900-1920



The Media, 1920



Jazz Age Journalism, 1920-1929: Magazines and Radio Challenge the Newspaper



Hard Times, 1929-1941: Three Great Columnists, Two Great Reporters, One Horrible Decade



The "Good War," 1941-1945



Creating Big Media, 1945-1963



Rocking the Establishment, 1962-1972



The Establishment Holds, 1967-1974



Big Media Get Bigger, 1980-1999



Going Digital, 1995-


Conclusion


Appendix: Major Periods in the History of U.S. Journalism


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index