| Newsworkers: Toward a History of the Rank and File Contributor(s): Hardt, Hanno (Author), Brennen, Bonnie (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 081662707X ISBN-13: 9780816627073 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $27.23 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1995 Annotation: Focusing on the period from the 1850s through the 1930s, the contributors show how issues of labor and class have been far more important in the formation of media institutions than previous accounts concede. These essays recover the history of ethnic and cultural diversity--including the contributions of women--that have enriched the process of communication. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science |
| Dewey: 070.9 |
| LCCN: 95-13849 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.93" W x 9.01" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unlike most media histories which focus on the news industry from an institutional point of view, these collected essays concentrate on the newsworkers, primarily writers and editors, working in the press from the 18 through the 1930s. The scholars consider issues of labor and class as they coincide |