Covering America a narrative history of a nation's journalism / Christopher B. Daly.
| Author/creator | Daly, Christopher B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, |
| Description | xiii, 533 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 the big media, 1945/1963 -- Rocking the establishment, 1962/1972 -- The establishment holds, 1967/1974 -- Big media get bigger, 1980/1999 -- Going digital, 1995 -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-512) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011050381 |
| ISBN | 9781558499119 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1558499113 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |