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The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
Andrew Pettegree
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Description for The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper
Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought pamphlets, edicts, ballads, journals, and the first news-sheets, expanding the news community from local to worldwide. This groundbreaking book tracks the history of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries. It evaluates the unexpected ... Read more
The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper
Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through conversation and gossip, civic ceremony, celebration, sermons, and proclamations. The age of print brought pamphlets, edicts, ballads, journals, and the first news-sheets, expanding the news community from local to worldwide. This groundbreaking book tracks the history of news in ten countries over the course of four centuries. It evaluates the unexpected ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300212761
SKU
V9780300212761
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-46
About Andrew Pettegree
Andrew Pettegree is professor of modern history, University of St. Andrews, and founding director of the St. Andrews Reformation Studies Institute. He lives in Fife, Scotland.
Reviews for The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself
“A fascinating book—beautifully written, admirably organized, with a mass of information about even the most recondite means of collecting and transmitting news before 1800.”—Alastair Hamilton, TLS
Alastair Hamilton
TLS
Alastair Hamilton
TLS