ABSTRACT

This lively new study covers the dramatic expansion of the press from the seventeenth century to the mid nineteenth century. Hannah Barker explores the factors behind the rise of newspapers to a major force helping to reflect and shape public opinion and altering the way in which politics operated at every level of English life. Newspapers, Politics and English Society 1695-1855 provides a unique insight into the political and social history of eighteenth and nineteenth century England as well as an important study of the history of the media.


chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part One|115 pages

The Development of the Newspaper Press

chapter Chapter One|20 pages

Newspapers and Public Opinion

chapter Chapter Two|17 pages

The Growth of Newspapers

chapter Chapter Three|19 pages

Newspaper Readers

chapter Chapter Four|30 pages

Politicians and the Press

chapter Chapter Five|27 pages

Newspaper Management and Editorial Strategies

part Two|101 pages

Newspapers and Politics

chapter Chapter Six|19 pages

1695–1759

chapter Chapter Seven|24 pages

1760–1786

chapter Chapter Eight|25 pages

1787–1814

chapter Chapter Nine|28 pages

1815–1855

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion