Covering America a narrative history of a nation's journalism / Christopher B. Daly.

Author/creator Daly, Christopher B.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press,
Descriptionxiii, 533 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 499-512) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011050381
ISBN9781558499119 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1558499113 (cloth : alk. paper)

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