The Periodical Press Revolution

This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution but on the social and political consequences, the book takes a global look at this key development in the British press.

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Graham Law is Honorary Professor of Waseda University, Tokyo, to which he has been affiliated since 1992. He has taught literary and media history at various academic institutions in Japan since 1981. He has authored many articles and books on nineteenth-century studies, including Serializing Fiction in the Victorian Press (2000), and worked on a number of scholarly editions in the same field, most notably The Collected Letters of Wilkie Collins. With Jenny Bourne Taylor, he has recently completed E. S. Dallas in 'The Times', an edited anthology of Dallas's work as a journalist.

Inhalt

Ch. 1. Introduction: Dallas on the Rise of the Periodical Press

Ch. 2. Media History and Theory: A Literature Review

Part A. Quantitative Analysis

Ch. 3. Periodical Growth over the Century

Ch. 4. Changing Periodical Distribution

Part B. Qualitative Analysis

Ch. 5. Periodical Authorship

Ch. 6. Periodical Publishing

Ch. 7. Periodical Readership

Ch. 8. Conclusion: A Revolution in Communications