The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 2: Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900

David Finkelstein

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 2

Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900

David Finkelstein

Part of the multi-volume work The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474424905

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A thorough account of newspaper and periodical press history in Britain and Ireland from 1800–1900

Winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize 2021
Provides a comprehensive history of the British and Irish Press from 1800-1900, reflected upon in 60 substantive chapters and focused case studies
Sets out to capture the cross-regional and transnational dimension of press history in nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland
Offers unique and important reassessments of nineteenth-century British and Irish press and periodical media within social, cultural, technological, economic and historical contexts

This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history during a key period of change and development. It covers an important point of expansion in periodical and press history across the four nations of Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), concentrating on cross-border and transnational comparisons and contrasts in nineteenth-century print communication.

Designed to provide readers with a clear understanding of the current state of research in the field, in addition to an extensive introduction, it includes forty newly commissioned chapters and case studies exploring a full range of press activity and press genres during this intense period of change. Along with keystone chapters on the economics of the press and periodicals, production processes, readership and distribution networks, and legal frameworks under which the press operated, the book examines a wide range of areas from religious, literary, political and medical press genres to analyses of overseas and émigré press and emerging developments in children’s and women’s press.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Contributor Biographies Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Introduction David Finkelstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: Press and Periodical Economics
1. The Economics of Press and Periodical Production Howard Cox, Simon Mowatt and Peter Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
PART II: Production and Distribution
2. Production Helen S. Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. The Evolution of Image-Making Industries and the Mid- to Late Victorian Press Rose Roberto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
PART III: Readership and Distribution
4. Readership and Distribution Paul Raphael Rooney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
PART IV: Identities and Communities
5. Cultural Agents and Contexts: The Professionalisation of Journalism Joanne Shattock, Philip March, Allison Cavanagh, Stephen Tate and Steve Harrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
PART V: Legal Frameworks
6. Newspapers and the Law in the Nineteenth Century Tom O’Malley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
PART VI: Themed Chapters
7. The English-Language Press in Continental Europe Diana Cooper-Richet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
8. Transnational Exchanges M. H. Beals, Colette Colligan, Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros, Amelia Bonea, Paul Raphael Rooney and Helen S. Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
9. Literary and Review Journalism Joanne Wilkes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
10. ‘One language is quite sufficient for the mass’: Metropolitan Journalism, the British State and the ‘Vernacular’ Periodical Press in Wales, 1840–1914 Aled Gruffydd Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
11. The Scottish Gaelic Press Sheila M. Kidd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
12. The Irish-Language Press: ‘A tender plant at the best of times’? Regina Uí Chollatáin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
13. The Nineteenth-Century Denominational Press Joan Allen and Ian d’Alton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
14. Comics, Cartoons and the Illustrated Press Elizabeth Tilley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
15. The Satirical Press Michael de Nie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
16. The Medical Press and Its Public Sally Frampton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
17. Science and the Press Alex Csiszar and Matthew Wale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
18. The Business Press Melissa Score Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
19. The Press and Radical Expression: Structure and Dissemination Martin Conboy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	507
20. The Political Press James Thompson, Felix M. Larkin and James Quinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	526
21. The Trade and Professional Press Andrew King, Rachel Calder and Margery Masterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	558
22. The Leisure and Hobby Press Christopher A. Kent, Michael Bromley and Karen Hasin-Bromley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	596
23. The Sporting Press Joel H. Wiener and Jessie Wilkie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	622
24. The Children’s Press Frederick S. Milton and Siân Pooley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	655
25. The Women’s Press Kathryn Ledbetter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	688
26. The Provincial, Local and Regional Press Andrew J. H. Jackson, Andrew Hobbs and Mark O’Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	709
Key Press and Periodical Events Timeline, 1800–1900 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	746
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	766
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	829

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 872
Illustrations
- Other: 92 B/W illustrations 12 colour illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474424905