Press, Politics and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760–1820
Press, Politics and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760–1820
Newspapers are a vital component of print and political cultures, and as such they informed as well as documented the social and political upheavals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. However, despite the huge influence attributed to them by both contemporary observers and historians, our knowledge of the nature and function of the newspaper press itself remains scant. Press, Politics and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760–1820 aims to fill this gap by examining aspects of the press in several European countries and America, both individually and comparatively, during this particularly turbulent and important period. Contributors explore the relationship between newspapers and social change, specifically in the context of the part played by the press in the political upheavals of the time. The collection examines the relationship between newspapers and public opinion, and attempts to define their place in the emergence of a 'public sphere'.
- Unique analysis of a much neglected field
- Presents both individual and comparative studies of European and North American press
- Documents the role of the press during a particularly important period of social and political upheavals
Product details
July 2007Paperback
9780521037143
276 pages
229 × 154 × 16 mm
0.423kg
2 tables
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Table of Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Hannah Barker and Simon Burrows
- 1. The cosmopolitan press, 1760–1815 Simon Burrows
- 2. The Netherlands, 1750–1813 Nicolaas van Sas
- 3. Germany, 1760–1815 Eckhart Hellmuth and Wolfgang Piereth
- 4. England, 1760–1815 Hannah Barker
- 5. Ireland, 1760–1820 Douglas Simes
- 6. America, 1750–1820 David Copeland
- 7. France, 1750–89 Jack Censer
- 8. The French revolutionary press Hugh Gough
- 9. Italy, 1760–1815 Maurizio Isabella
- 10. Russia, 1790–1830 Miranda Beaven Remnek
- Index.
