American Journalism 1690 1940

This set reprints three famous but now hard-to-obtain works that recount the development of American journalism from its beginnings in the seventeenth century up to 1940. Together these books outline nearly 300 years' worth of changes in production techniques, journalistic practices and distribution methods. Available as a collection, the three titles are also sold separately, either as two-volume sets priced at $250.00/Y [Can. $375.00/Y] or in their component volumes at $125.00/Y [Can. $188.00/Y]: Journalism in the United Statesfrom 1690-1872Frederic Hudson (1873) Two Volume Set: 840pp: 0 415 24142 1 Volume One: 420pp: 0 415 22889 1 Volume Two: 420pp: 0 415 22890 5 The Daily Newspaper in America: The Evolution of a Social InstrumentAlfred McClung Lee (1937) Two Volume Set: 812pp: 0 415 24143 X Volume One: 406pp: 0 415 22891 3 Volume Two: 406pp: 0 415 22892 1 American Journalism: A History of Newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690-1940Frank Luther Mott (1941) Two Volume Set: 782pp: 0 415 24144 8 Volume One: 391pp: 0 415 22893 X Volume Two: 0 415 22894 8

'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 journalistic practices and changes in distribution methods. As a companion work to the previously published Chapters in the History of British Journalism this set is essential for all scholars of media and communication as well as cultural and social historians . The volumes are available individually, as two-volume sets, or as a whole set.

Revision of 1950 edition, with added data on new developments of the past decade, including the advent of television, electronic methods of gathering information, etc. For other editions, see Author Catalog.