Newspapers provides a historical context for the books discussed in its readable essays and will be invaluable for anyone researching the history or role of newspapers in American life. Booklist
Professionals and scholars will find Newspapers: A Reference Guide useful. In it Schwarzlose supplies a thorough list of published works on newspaper topics. Adweek
This reference guide provides a broad-based and comprehensive introduction to the literature about and by newspapers, and views them as multi-faceted sociocultural phenomena. Following an introduction that outlines the history of American newspapers from their European antecedents to their forseeable future, the book examines the extensive literature on the history of newspapers in its regional and period dimensions, and biographical material on newspaper personalities, representing all levels and periods of journalists. This carefully constructed sourcebook includes an extensive discussion of the literature on the techniques and theories of producing newspapers, a section on the collections and anthologies of newspapers and their writers, and a thorough examination of the voluminous and rapidly changing literature on some of the critical issues facing newspapers today.
Show moreNewspapers provides a historical context for the books discussed in its readable essays and will be invaluable for anyone researching the history or role of newspapers in American life. Booklist
Professionals and scholars will find Newspapers: A Reference Guide useful. In it Schwarzlose supplies a thorough list of published works on newspaper topics. Adweek
This reference guide provides a broad-based and comprehensive introduction to the literature about and by newspapers, and views them as multi-faceted sociocultural phenomena. Following an introduction that outlines the history of American newspapers from their European antecedents to their forseeable future, the book examines the extensive literature on the history of newspapers in its regional and period dimensions, and biographical material on newspaper personalities, representing all levels and periods of journalists. This carefully constructed sourcebook includes an extensive discussion of the literature on the techniques and theories of producing newspapers, a section on the collections and anthologies of newspapers and their writers, and a thorough examination of the voluminous and rapidly changing literature on some of the critical issues facing newspapers today.
Show moreNewspapers provides a historical context for the books discussed in its readable essays and will be invaluable for anyone researching the history or role of newspapers in American life. Reference Books Bulletin
Preface
Introduction
Histories of Newspapers
Newspaper People at Work: Before the Twentieth Century
Newspaper People at Work: During the Twentieth Century
The Work of Newspaper People
Producing Newspapers
Newspapers and Society
Newspapers and the Law
Newspapers and Technology
References and Periodicals about Newspapers
Appendix 1: Selected Chronology of Newspapers
Appendix 2: Major Research Collections
Index
RICHARD A. SCHWARZLOSE is Associate Professor of Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
?Richard A. Schwarzlose in Newspapers: A Reference Guide presents a
core' of the literature (books and monographs) that either
competently summarize major newspaper topics or spotlight
significant or interesting aspect of newspapering.' Both substance
and availability were criteria for selection. All titles are in
English and about American newspapers. Nine bibliographic essays
cover topics in the history of the American newspaper from its
beginning to the 1980s. The first three chapters are
history-oriented in that they deal with the histories of newspapers
and the people that worked for them before the twentieth century
and in the twentieth century, respectively. The fourth chapter
takes as its subject anthologies of newspaper writing, drawing, and
paper design. Books about what goes into the production of a
newspaper are the subject of Chapter 5, followed by chapters on
Newspapers and Society.' Newspapers and the Law, ' and Newspapers
and Technology.' The final chapter discusses references and
periodicals about newspapers--bibliographies, newspaper checklists
and indexes, annuals and directories, and periodicals. Two
appendices: Selected Chronology of Newspapers and Major Research
Collections. The essays are cogently written and highly
informative. Each concludes with a listing of sources providing
full bibligraphical information. Index. A fine guide on the
subject, recommended for large libraries.?-Reference Book
Review
?This work is an extensive bibliographic essay on the history,
practice, and impact of newspapers on American society. Organized
into nine chapters on such topics as Histories of Newspapers, ' The
Work of Newspaper People, ' Producing Newspapers, ' Newspapers and
Society, ' Newspapers and the Law, ' and Newspapers and Technology,
' more than 1,700 books and journals are analyzed for their value
in newspaper research. Especially useful to librarians is the
chapter that describes reference sources, including online
services. All of the materials selected are in English, cover
newspapers published in the U.S., and are available in most
university libraries. Each chapter consists of a comparative review
essay followed by a bibliography of the sources mentioned. Two
appendixes provide a selected chronology of newspapers and a guide
to a major newspaper research collections. The book concludes with
a very detailed author, title, and subject index.... Newspapers
provides a historical context for the books discussed in its
readable essays and will be invaluable for anyone researching the
history or role of newspapers in American life.?-Booklist
"This work is an extensive bibliographic essay on the history,
practice, and impact of newspapers on American society. Organized
into nine chapters on such topics as Histories of Newspapers, ' The
Work of Newspaper People, ' Producing Newspapers, ' Newspapers and
Society, ' Newspapers and the Law, ' and Newspapers and Technology,
' more than 1,700 books and journals are analyzed for their value
in newspaper research. Especially useful to librarians is the
chapter that describes reference sources, including online
services. All of the materials selected are in English, cover
newspapers published in the U.S., and are available in most
university libraries. Each chapter consists of a comparative review
essay followed by a bibliography of the sources mentioned. Two
appendixes provide a selected chronology of newspapers and a guide
to a major newspaper research collections. The book concludes with
a very detailed author, title, and subject index.... Newspapers
provides a historical context for the books discussed in its
readable essays and will be invaluable for anyone researching the
history or role of newspapers in American life."-Booklist
"Richard A. Schwarzlose in Newspapers: A Reference Guide presents a
core' of the literature (books and monographs) that either
competently summarize major newspaper topics or spotlight
significant or interesting aspect of newspapering.' Both substance
and availability were criteria for selection. All titles are in
English and about American newspapers. Nine bibliographic essays
cover topics in the history of the American newspaper from its
beginning to the 1980s. The first three chapters are
history-oriented in that they deal with the histories of newspapers
and the people that worked for them before the twentieth century
and in the twentieth century, respectively. The fourth chapter
takes as its subject anthologies of newspaper writing, drawing, and
paper design. Books about what goes into the production of a
newspaper are the subject of Chapter 5, followed by chapters on
Newspapers and Society.' Newspapers and the Law, ' and Newspapers
and Technology.' The final chapter discusses references and
periodicals about newspapers--bibliographies, newspaper checklists
and indexes, annuals and directories, and periodicals. Two
appendices: Selected Chronology of Newspapers and Major Research
Collections. The essays are cogently written and highly
informative. Each concludes with a listing of sources providing
full bibligraphical information. Index. A fine guide on the
subject, recommended for large libraries."-Reference Book Review
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