| The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History Contributor(s): Kessler, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803920873 ISBN-13: 9780803920873 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1984 Annotation: "The Dissident Press is an excellent contribution to the literature on the American mass media. Its greatest value is in providing a thread of continuity across time and among individuals who have created alternative publications." --Edwin Emery, University of Minnesota, and coauthor of The Press and America |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
| Dewey: 071.3 |
| LCCN: 83021112 |
| Series: Commtext |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (0.49 lbs) 159 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kessler challenges the idea that the worlds of media and journalism have ever conformed to a ′free marketplace′ image. This present volume investigates a handful of the many fringe groups who, denied access to the mainstream, started marketplaces of their own. Journalistic efforts in six groups are explored: Black Americans; utopians and communitarians; feminists; non-English speaking immigrants; populists, anarchists, socialists, communists; and pacifists, non-interventionists, and resisters from World Wars I and II. The result is an impressive study which shows that such groups have a diversity of origins, and a tradition which spans one and a half centuries. |