The News under Russia's Old Regime : the Development of a Mass-Circulation Press / Louise McReynolds

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 332 pages; 21cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Tables -- Introduction -- 1. The Origins of the Mass-Circulation Press -- 2. The Transition to Commercial Independence, 1863-1876 -- 3. The Newspaper from the Boulevard, 1864-1876 -- 4. The News Shapes the Medium: War and Assassination, 1876-1881 -- 5. The Newspaper in Battle with the ""Thick"" Journal: Commercialization and Objectivity in the 1880s -- 6. The Grounding of a Public Institution in the 1890s -- 7. The Newspaper Reporter -- 8. The Journalism of Imperialism: The Russo-Japanese War -- 9. Russian Newspapers in Revolution, 1905-1907 -- 10. The Newspaper Between Revolution and War, 1907-1914 -- 11. The Newspaper in World War and Revolution, 1914-1917 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Numbers, Circulations, and Street Sales of newspapers -- Appendix B. Statistics on Punishment by the Censorship -- Appendix C. Content Analyses of Major Newspapers -- Index.Subjects: Journalism Soviet Union History. Press Soviet Union History. Russian newspapers History.HISTORY General.Journalism. Press.Russian newspapers. Press Russia History. Press Soviet Union History.Journalism Soviet Union History. Journalism Russia History. Russian newspapers History.Press Russia History.Journalism Russia History.Press Russia History.LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Journalism.Journalism Soviet UnionRussian newspapers History. Press Soviet Union.History. Journalism.Miscellaneous. Press.Russian newspapers.