Dictionary of Nineteenth‐century Journalism: In Great Britain and Ireland

The nineteenth century was very much the century of the newspaper and the periodical press: if it was also the century of many other innovations or developments, good and bad, the press was fundamental as recording and commentating on them all. Before radio and television, but with huge advances in physical communications and widening literacy, the press flourished in its myriad forms and for seemingly myriad audiences. This is a subject that has been studied in great detail, as evidenced in this volume by a bibliography occupying more than a hundred pages, so a work such as this serves as...