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Bad news travels fast : the telegraph, libel, and press freedom in the Progressive Era

Title
Bad news travels fast : the telegraph, libel, and press freedom in the Progressive Era / Patrick C. File.
Author
File, Patrick C.
Publication
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

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Description
x, 138 pages; 23 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2013.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
News in the late nineteenth century : more and faster -- Libel in the nineteenth century : malice or mistakes? -- The Smith and Rutherford cases : the news as 'a wrong and perilous system' -- The Palmer cases : the first large-scale libel syndicate -- The Oakley cases : libel and celebrity -- Bad news and the bad tendency test : the limits of libel doctrine -- Retraction statutes : an alternate route to protection -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 19-2411
ISBN
  • 9781625343741
  • 1625343744
  • 9781625343734
  • 1625343736
LCCN
2018019214
OCLC
1032351380
Author
File, Patrick C., author.
Title
Bad news travels fast : the telegraph, libel, and press freedom in the Progressive Era / Patrick C. File.
Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1865-1921
Other Form:
Online version: File, Patrick C. Bad news travels fast. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2019 9781613766200 (DLC) 2018031015
Research Call Number
JFE 19-2411
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