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This set includes the key ninteenth century histories of British journalism. Since William Caxton set up the first printing press in London in 1476, and his apprentice Wynkyn de Worde started printing in Fleet Street, printing and newspapers have become a major part of political and cultural history. These histories follow the changing patterns of newsapers from their real beginnings in the... Read more
Volumes 1 & 2. English Newspapers: Chapters in the History of Journalism [1887] H.R. Fox-Bourne 814pp, Volumes 3 & 4. The Fourth Estate. Contributions towards a History of the Newspapers and of the Liberty of the Press [1850] F. Knight Hunt 600pp, Volumes 5 & 6. The History of British Journalism from the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855 [1859] Alexander Andrews 704pp, Volume 7. Journalistic London, Being a Series of Sketches of Famous Pens and Papers of the Day [1882] Joseph Matton 255pp
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Alexander Andrews
