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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: C. John Sommerville (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Florida)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9780195106671ISBN 10: 0195106679 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 16 January 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA valuable and stimulating account of a crucial cultural change driven by periodicity. Times Literary Supplement The research and close attention to detail which distinguishes this study of the evolution of the early English media is impressive ... is a solid achievement and is a welcome addition to the history of the British press. George Evans, Contemporary Review vol.271 no.1580 Sommerville has cast his net widely in deep and notoriously murky waters Frances Henderson, Worcester College, Oxford, EHR June 1999 [referring both to Sommerville and to Raymond/ The Invention of the Newspaper, Clarendon Press] Although fundamental issues about readership, production methods and early attitudes to 'the news' may, because the necessary evidence does not survive in sufficient quantities, never be satisfactorily answered, studies such as these can nevertheless be helpful in pointing towards a fuller understanding of such problems. Frances Henderson, Worcester College, Oxford, EHR June 1999 A valuable and stimulating account of a crucial cultural change driven by periodicity. * Times Literary Supplement * The research and close attention to detail which distinguishes this study of the evolution of the early English media is impressive ... is a solid achievement and is a welcome addition to the history of the British press. * George Evans, Contemporary Review vol.271 no.1580 * Sommerville has cast his net widely in deep and notoriously murky waters * Frances Henderson, Worcester College, Oxford, EHR June 1999 * [referring both to Sommerville and to Raymond/ The Invention of the Newspaper, Clarendon Press] Although fundamental issues about readership, production methods and early attitudes to 'the news' may, because the necessary evidence does not survive in sufficient quantities, never be satisfactorily answered, studies such as these can nevertheless be helpful in pointing towards a fuller understanding of such problems. * Frances Henderson, Worcester College, Oxford, EHR June 1999 * Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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