The Edinburgh history of the British and Irish press. Volume 1, Beginnings and consolidation 1640-1800 / edited by Nicholas Brownlees. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 692 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - The Edinburgh history of the British and Irish press .

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Consisting of twenty-eight chapters and numerous case studies the volume examines the history of the British and Irish press from its seventeenth-century beginnings up until the end of the eighteenth-century. Five core chapters regard the Business of the Press (including advertising), Production and Distribution, Legal Constraints and Opportunities, Readers and Readerships, and the Emerging Identities and Communities of news writers and journalists. Other contributions focus on particular national realities such as those in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The contributions examine features relating to the production, transmission and reception of not just news publications but also the more specialised press such as periodical essays, women's periodicals, literary and review journalism, medical journals, and the criminal and religious press. As much early modern news was a transnational phenomenon the volume includes studies on European and trans-Atlantic networks as well as the role of translation in news transmission and output.

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British newspapers--History--17th century.
British newspapers--History--18th century.
Irish newspapers--History--17th century.
Irish newspapers--History--18th century.
Press--History--Great Britain--17th century.
Press--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Press--History--Ireland--17th century.
Press--History--Ireland--18th century.

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