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Newspapers, Politics and English Society 1695-1855: Themes in British Social History

By Hannah Barker

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
0582312175, 9780582312173
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13756065 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
256\260
Time added
2025-03-17 02:04:13

Description

This lively new study covers the dramatic expansion of the press from the seventeenth century to the mid nineteenth century. Hannah Barker explores the factors behind the rise of newspapers to a major force helping to reflect and shape public opinion and altering the way in which politics operated at every level of English life. Newspapers, Politics and English Society 1695-1855 provides a unique insight into the political and social history of eighteenth and nineteenth century England as well as an important study of the history of the media.

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