Index:History of American Journalism.djvu

Title	History of American Journalism
Author	James Melvin Lee
Year	1917
Publisher	Boston Houghton Mifflin
Source	djvu
Progress	To be proofread
Transclusion	Index not transcluded or unreviewed
OCLC	639057568

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CONTENTS

 

I.

Introductory ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

II.

History of American Journalism/Precursors of American Newspapers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

8

III.

The First American Newspaper—The Boston News-Letter ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17

IV.

Beginnings in Colonies ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28

V.

Beginnings in Colonies (continued) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

VI.

History of American Journalism/Colonial Period ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

VII.

Revolutionary Period, 1765–1783 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

VIII.

Period of Early Republic, 1783–1812 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

IX.

First Dailies and Early Party Organs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

118

X.

Party Press Period, 1812–1832 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

XI.

Beginnings in States, 1783–1832 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

164

XII.

Beginnings of the Penny Press ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

185

XIII.

Transition Period, 1832–1841 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

206

XIV.

Beginnings in States and Territories, 1833–1873 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

230

XV.

Mexican War to Civil War Period, 1846–1860 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

258

XVI.

Civil War Period, 1860–1865 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

285

XVII.

Reconstruction Period, 1865–1880 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

317

XVIII.

Period of Financial Readjustment, 1880–1900 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

352

XIX.

Period of Social Readjustment, 1900– ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

388

XX.

Journalism of To-day ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

429

Index ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

451

ILLUSTRATIONS

 

Nine America Editors: Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley, Charles A. Dana, James Gordon Bennett, Jesse Buel, Zachariah Poulson, Epes Sargent, Benjamin Russell, Philip Freneau ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frontispiece

Hogarth's Heading of Jacobite's Journal ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

6

The First Issue of The Boston News-Letter ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

Mortuary Issue of Bradford's Pennsylvania Journal on Occasion of the Stamp Act ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

A Broadside of Edes: A Revolutionary "Extra" of The Boston Gazette ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

86

Cartoon by William Charles: "The Tory Editor and His Apes Giving their Pitiful Advice to the American Sailors ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

The First Issue of The New York Sun ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

188

Advertisements in The Philadelphia Aurora, showing Free Use of Cuts before the Invention of Cylinder Presses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

224

The Extra in Charleston which announced the Ordinance of Secession ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

282

Greeley's Editorial Attack: "On to Richmond" as seen by a Contemporary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

302

Joint Issue of San Francisco Morning Papers the Day after the Earthquake ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

416