1st Edition
Election Politics and the Mass Press in Long Edwardian Britain
By Christopher Shoop-Worrall
Copyright 2022
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the ways in which the emergence of the ‘new’ daily mass press of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries represented a hugely significant period in histories of both the British press and the British political system.
Drawing on a parallel analysis of election-time newspaper content and archived political correspondence, the author argues that the ‘new dailies’ were... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Fighting, Fireworks and Finish Lines: Election Politics and Spectacle 3. Everyday Elections and the ‘Man in the Street’ 4. Their Views and Ours: Politicians and New Dailies 5. Conclusion 6. List of Tables 7. Primary Material 8. Bibliography
Biography
Christopher Shoop-Worrall is a Lecturer in Media and Journalism at UCFB Etihad Campus and an Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society.
