Coming of the Frontier Press - How the West Was Really Won

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Cloud is a professor emeritus at the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nevada. She has worked in journalism in the United States and abroad as a reporter, editor, and consultant. Her books include The Businesses of Newspapers on the Western Frontier, Media Law in Nevada, and Minister to the Cherokees. She lives in Henderson, Nevada. Foreword by Alan K. Simpson, who is a former U.S. Senator, the former director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the author of Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press. Klappentext From the story about the discovery of gold in California in 1848 to features on western boomtowns, western expansion and journalism have had a symbiotic relationship. This book argues that newspapers played a crucial role in pushing aside both wildlife and Native Americans to make room for the settlers who would become their readers. Zusammenfassung From the story about the discovery of gold in California in 1848 to features on western boomtowns! western expansion and journalism have had a symbiotic relationship. This book argues that newspapers played a crucial role in pushing aside both wildlife and Native Americans to make room for the settlers who would become their readers.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Cloud, Barbara Abrahamson Cloud, Barbara/ Simpson Cloud
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780810125087
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2508-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American Press; Medill School of Journalism Vi; Medill School of Journalism Vi; Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism