Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Contributor Biographies
- Introduction
- Chapter One Business of the Press
- Chapter Two Production and Distribution
- Chapter Three Legal Contexts: Licensing, Censorship and Censure
- Chapter Four Readers and Readerships
- Chapter Five From News Writers to Journalists: An Emerging Profession?
- Chapter Six From Manuscript to Print: The Multimedia News System
- Chapter Seven Newsbook to Newspaper: Changing Format, Layout and Illustration in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Periodical News
- Chapter Eight The Evolving Language of the Press
- Chapter Nine News, Debate and the Public Sphere
- Chapter Ten Irish Periodical News
- Chapter Eleven The Scottish Press
- Chapter Twelve The Market for the News in Scotland
- Chapter Thirteen Scottish Press: News Transmission and Networks between Scotland and America in the Eighteenth Century
- Chapter Fourteen Wales and the News
- Chapter Fifteen European Exchanges, Networks and Contexts
- Chapter Sixteen Translation and the Press
- Chapter Seventeen Women and the Eighteenth-century Print Trade
- Chapter Eighteen The Medical Press
- Chapter Nineteen Commenting and Reflecting on the News
- Chapter Twenty Newspapers and War
- Chapter Twenty-one Crime and Trial Reporting
- Chapter Twenty-two Literary and Review Journalism
- Chapter Twenty-three Press and Politics in the Seventeenth Century
- Chapter Twenty-four Religion and the Seventeenth-century Press
- Chapter Twenty-five Runaway Announcements and Narratives of the Enslaved
- Chapter Twenty-six The Press in Literature and Drama
- Chapter Twenty-seven Informational Abundance and Material Absence in the Digitised Early Modern Press: The Case for Contextual Digitisation
- Concluding Comments
- Key Press and Periodical Events Timeline, 1605–1800
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Contributor Biographies
- Introduction
- Chapter One Business of the Press
- Chapter Two Production and Distribution
- Chapter Three Legal Contexts: Licensing, Censorship and Censure
- Chapter Four Readers and Readerships
- Chapter Five From News Writers to Journalists: An Emerging Profession?
- Chapter Six From Manuscript to Print: The Multimedia News System
- Chapter Seven Newsbook to Newspaper: Changing Format, Layout and Illustration in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Periodical News
- Chapter Eight The Evolving Language of the Press
- Chapter Nine News, Debate and the Public Sphere
- Chapter Ten Irish Periodical News
- Chapter Eleven The Scottish Press
- Chapter Twelve The Market for the News in Scotland
- Chapter Thirteen Scottish Press: News Transmission and Networks between Scotland and America in the Eighteenth Century
- Chapter Fourteen Wales and the News
- Chapter Fifteen European Exchanges, Networks and Contexts
- Chapter Sixteen Translation and the Press
- Chapter Seventeen Women and the Eighteenth-century Print Trade
- Chapter Eighteen The Medical Press
- Chapter Nineteen Commenting and Reflecting on the News
- Chapter Twenty Newspapers and War
- Chapter Twenty-one Crime and Trial Reporting
- Chapter Twenty-two Literary and Review Journalism
- Chapter Twenty-three Press and Politics in the Seventeenth Century
- Chapter Twenty-four Religion and the Seventeenth-century Press
- Chapter Twenty-five Runaway Announcements and Narratives of the Enslaved
- Chapter Twenty-six The Press in Literature and Drama
- Chapter Twenty-seven Informational Abundance and Material Absence in the Digitised Early Modern Press: The Case for Contextual Digitisation
- Concluding Comments
- Key Press and Periodical Events Timeline, 1605–1800
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
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- The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish PressBeginnings and Consolidation, 1640–1800, pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023