Newspapers and English Society 1695-1855 [Paperback]

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.


Newspapers, Politics and English Society, 1695-1855 explores the development of newspapers between the lapsing of the Printing Act in the late seventeenth century, and the removal of newspaper taxation in the mid-nineteenth century. Newspapers played a decisive role; increasingly being used to promote existing governmental policy as well as helping to articulate popular opinion; and so not only altered the manner in which politics was conducted at the centre, but also the way in which it operated at every level of English life.Introduction, Hannah Barker; Part 1 The Development of the Newspaper Press, Hannah Barker; Chapter 1 Newspapers and Public Opinion, Hannah Barker; Chapter 2 The Growth of Newspapers, Hannah Barker; Chapter 3 Newspaper Readers, Hannah Barker; Chapter 4 Politicians and the Press, Hannah Barker; Chapter 5 Newspaper Management and Editorial Strategies, Hannah Barker; Part 2 Newspapers and Politics, Hannah Barker; Chapter 6 16951759, Hannah Barker; Chapter 7 17601786, Hannah Barker; Chapter 8 17871814, Hannah Barker; Chapter 9 18151855, Hannah Barker; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Hannah Barker;US? 2000 Pearson Education Limited