The coming of the frontier press : how the West was really won / Barbara Cloud ; foreword by Alan K. Simpson.

Author/creator Cloud, Barbara Lee
Other author Simpson, Alan K.
Format Book
Publication InfoEvanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxxi, 270 pages ; 21 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMedill School of Journalism Visions of the American press
Visions of the American press. ^A611185
Contents Introduction -- The West as a region -- The mining camp press -- The booster press -- The press and the iron horse -- Fostering political discourse -- Plentiful voices -- Obliterating the frontier -- The legacy of frontier journalism -- The new frontier -- Manifest destiny realized.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index.
LCCN 2008013795
ISBN9780810125087 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0810125080 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN 4894 .C56 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold