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The power of the press [electronic resource] : the birth of American political reporting / Thomas C. Leonard.

Leonard, Thomas C., 1944- (Author).

Summary:

Focusing on journalism in the USA, this study traces the development of news as political commentary from the American Revolution through the 19th century, when newspapers first became aware of their role in a new democracy, to the emergence of "muck-raking" in the 20th century.

Record details

ISBN: 1423763645 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423763642 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1280439300
ISBN: 9781280439308
Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-267).
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