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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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List of Illustrations ; List of Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Tables ; Introduction; 1. The Origins of the Mass-Circulation Press; 2. The Transition to Commercial Independence, 1863-1876; 3. The Newspaper from the Boulevard, 1864-1876; 4. The News Shapes the Medium: WAR AND Assassination, 1876-1881; 5. The Newspaper in Battle with the ""Thick"" Journal: Commercialization and Objectivity in the 1880s; 6. The Grounding of a Public Institution in the 1890s; 7. The Newspaper Reporter; 8. The Journalism of Imperialism: The Russo-Japanese War |
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9. Russian Newspapers in Revolution, 1905-190710. The Newspaper Between Revolution and War, 1907-1914; 11. The Newspaper in World War and Revolution, 1914-1917; Conclusion; Appendix A. Numbers, Circulations, and Street Sales of Newspapers ; Appendix B. Statistics on Punishment by the Censorship; Appendix C. Content Analyses of Major Newspapers; Index |
| Summary |
In this lively account of the rise of a commercial newspaper industry in imperial Russia, Louise McReynolds explores how the mass-circulation press created a forum for popular opinion advocating political change. From the Great Reforms of Tsar Alexander II in 1855 to the Bolsheviks' shut-down of the newspapers in 1917, she chronicles the exploits of publishers and editors, writers and readers. Arguing that this prosperous industry both expressed and shaped the development of ideas among new social groups, McReynolds provides insight into the growth in Russia of a fragile pluralism character |
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Cover |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Soviet Union -- History
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Russian newspapers -- History
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Press -- Soviet Union -- History
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HISTORY -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Journalism
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Press
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Russian newspapers
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400862320 |
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1400862329 |
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