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American Journalism: A History of Newspapers in the United States, 1690–1960 (3rd ed. 1962). major reference source and interpretive history. Nord, David Paul. Communities of Journalism: A History of American Newspapers and Their Readers. (2001) Pride, Armistead S. and Clint C. Wilson. A History of the Black Press. (1997) Safley, James Clifdford.
Caslon typefaces quickly became popular among colonial printers in the mid-18th century up to the American Revolution. Books, newspapers and broadsides were mostly printed in Caslon old style types, while many important works were also printed with newer Caslon types, including the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence, by ...
A typical printing press of the 18th century. List of early American publishers and printers is a stand alone list of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the respective articles.
Bibliography of early American publishers and printers is a selection of books, journals and other sigmass devoted to these topics covering their careers and other activities before, during and after the American Revolution. Various works that are not primarily devoted to those topics, but whose content devotes itself to them in significant ...
Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers. (1978). excerpt and text search; Sloan, W. David, James G. Stovall, and James D. Startt. The Media in America: A History, 4th ed. (1999) Streitmatter, Rodger. Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History (1997)online edition Archived 2009-02-20 at the ...
Pages in category "History of newspapers in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Isaiah Thomas (January 19, 1749 – April 4, 1831) was an early American printer, newspaper publisher and author. He performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts, and reported the first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was the founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
In 2006, Readex launched America's Historical Newspapers, which includes Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922, and American Ethnic Newspapers. In 2007, Readex announced a Web-based edition of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996—the record of political and historical open-source intelligence for the United ...