The News under Russia's Old Regime: The Development of a Mass-Circulation Press

Louise McReynolds

Published by Princeton University Press 1991

The News under Russia's Old Regime

The Development of a Mass-Circulation Press

Louise McReynolds

Volume 1219 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400862320

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In this lively account of the rise of a commercial newspaper industry in imperial Russia, Louise McReynolds explores how the mass-circulation press created a forum for popular opinion advocating political change. From the Great Reforms of Tsar Alexander II in 1855 to the Bolsheviks' shut-down of the newspapers in 1917, she chronicles the exploits of publishers and editors, writers and readers. Arguing that this prosperous industry both expressed and shaped the development of ideas among new social groups, McReynolds provides insight into the growth in Russia of a fragile pluralism characteristic of modern societies. Her discussion of the relationship between communications and politics, which draws especially on Jurgen Habermas, combines a variety of interrelated ingredients: institutional histories of major newspapers, biographical sketches of journalists, the intellectual impact of the new language of newspaper journalism, the political ramifications of public opinion under the auspices of an autocratic government. Comparing the Russian press with independent commercial newspaper industries in the United States, England, and France, McReynolds examines the extent to which Russia was evolving according to Western political and socioeconomic patterns before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Originally published in 1991.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. The Origins of the Mass-Circulation Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. The Transition to Commercial Independence, 1863-1876 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. The Newspaper from the Boulevard, 1864-1876 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4. The News Shapes the Medium: War and Assassination, 1876-1881 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. The Newspaper in Battle with the "Thick" Journal: Commercialization and Objectivity in the 1880s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. The Grounding of a Public Institution in the 1890s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
7. The Newspaper Reporter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
8. The Journalism of Imperialism: The Russo-Japanese War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
9. Russian Newspapers in Revolution, 1905-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
10. The Newspaper Between Revolution and War, 1907-1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
11. The Newspaper in World War and Revolution, 1914-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
Appendix A. Numbers, Circulations, and Street Sales of Newspapers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Appendix B. Statistics on Punishment by the Censorship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
Appendix C. Content Analyses of Major Newspapers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311

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