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Politics and the Rise of the Press

Britain and France 1620-1800

By Bob Harris

Published September 12th 1996 by Routledge – 144 pages

Series: Historical Connections

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Politics and the Rise of the Press compares the rise of the newspaper press in Britain and France, and assesses how it influenced political life and political culture. From its social, economic and political sources, to its importance for the middling ranks in eighteenth-century British society, and its transformation after the French revolution. This detailed, comparative account, which also contains considerable original research on the early Scottish press, will be of value to all students of French and British history of the period.