Inky Business - A History of Newspapers From English Civil Wars to American Civil

"An Inky Business is a history of ink, paper, printing press and type. It is the story of those who made and read newspapers in Britain, continental Europe and America from the English Civil Wars to the Battle of Gettysburg over two hundred years later. It is an account of what news was and how the idea of news became central to public life, as well as how newspapers ranged from purveyors of high seriousness to carriers of scurrilous gossip."

About the author

Matthew J. Shaw is Librarian at The Queen’s College, Oxford, and formerly the lead curator of the Americas Collections at the British Library. He is the author of Time and the French Revolution: The Republican Calendar, 1789-Year XIV (2012).

Summary

A history of the making and printing of news.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew J. Shaw, Matthew J. Shaw
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781789143867
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-386-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Press & journalism, History: specific events and topics, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, history; english civil war; newspapers; american civil war