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The media in America : a history

Title
The media in America : a history / editor, Wm. David Sloan.
Publication
Northport, AL : Vision Press, c2002.

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Sloan, W. David (William David), 1947-
Description
xiii, 501 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.
Subject
Mass media > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Origins of mass communication -- 2. Printing in America, 1600-1690 -- 3. The colonial press, 1690-1765 -- 4. The Revolutionary press, 1765-1783 -- 5. The party press, 1783-1833 -- 6. Freedom of the press, 1690-1804 -- 7. The penny press, 1833-1861 -- 8. The antebellum press, 1820-1861 -- 9. The press and the Civil War, 1861-1865 -- 10. The frontier press, 1800-1900 -- 11. The press and industrial America, 1865-1883 -- 12. The age of new journalism, 1883-1900 -- 13. American magazines, 1740-1900 -- 14. The development of advertising, 1700-1900 -- 15. The emergence of modern media, 1900-1945 -- 16. The media and reform, 1900-1917 -- 17. The media and national crises, 1917-1945 -- 18. Radio comes of age, 1900-1945 -- 19. The entertainment media, 1900-present -- 20. The age of mass magazines, 1900-present -- 21. Modern advertising, 1900-present -- 22. Public relations, 1900-present -- 23. The media in transition, 1945-1974 -- 24. The contemporary media, 1974-present.
Call Number
JFF 02-3434
ISBN
1885219199
OCLC
50117799
Title
The media in America : a history / editor, Wm. David Sloan.
Imprint
Northport, AL : Vision Press, c2002.
Edition
5th ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Sloan, W. David (William David), 1947-
Research Call Number
JFF 02-3434
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