Sir Philip Gibbs and English Journalism in War and Peace

Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and war reporting during the First World War.

List of contents

1. Victorian Childhood: 1877-1895
2. The New Journalism: 1895-1912
3. Free Lance War Correspondent: 1912-1915
4. Official War Correspondent: 1915-1918
5. Adventures in Journalism: 1918-1939
6. The Pageant of the Years: 1939-1962
7. Conclusion

About the author

Martin C. Kerby is Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and is also the museum curator and archivist at St Joseph's Nudgee College, Brisbane, Australia. He was recently awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship, a Queensland Anzac Centenary Grant and an Australian Arts and Culture Grant.

Summary

Sir Philip Gibbs was one of the most widely read English journalists of the first half of the twentieth century. This coverage of his writing offers a broad insight into British social and political developments, government and press relations, propaganda, and war reporting during the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Martin C Kerby, Martin C. Kerby
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781349847747
• ISBN: 978-1-349-84774-7
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 211 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: XXXV, 237 p.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media; Palgrave Studies in the Histor; Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History; Europäische Geschichte, B, History, European History, Westeuropa, Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie, Historiography, auseinandersetzen, Western Europe, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Europe—History—1492-, History, general, History of Modern Europe