2400 Pages
by Routledge

'I would rather live in a country with newspapers and without a government, than in a country with a government but without newspapers' Thomas Jeffersom This set traces the development of American journalism from its early beginnings in the seventeenth century up until 1940. Together the books outline the enormous changes which the industry underwent, from the production techniques to... Read more

Volumes I & II Mini-set: 0-415-24142-1,

Journalism in the United States from 1690-1872 Frederic Hudson [1873]

Volumes III & IV Mini-set: 0-415-24143-X,

The Daily Newspaper in America: The Evolution of a Social Instrument Alfred McClung Lee [1937]

Volumes V & VI Mini-set: 0-415-24144-8,

American Journalism: A History of Newspapers in the United States through 250 years - 1690 to 1940 Frank Luther Mott [1941]

Biography

Edited by Frederic Hudson, Alfred McClung Lee and Frank L. Mott