Press, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Europe and North America, 1760-1820

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Edited by Hannah Barker and Simon Burrows

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published September 2002, 352 pages, cloth

ISBN 0521662079

This collection of essays covers a particularly turbulent and important period in European and American history. As a vital component of print and political culture, newspapers feature prominently in many accounts of social and political change between 1750 and 1850. Yet despite the influence attributed to the newspaper press (by historians and contemporaries), not enough is known about the press itself, particularly in terms of national comparison. This collection aims to fill this gap in our knowledge by examining the press of several European countries and of North America.

Contributors: Hannah Barker, Simon Burrows, Douglas Simes, David Copeland, Jack Censer, Hugh Gough, Nicholaas van Sas, Eckhart Hellmuth, Wolfgang Piereth, Maurizio Isabella, Miranda Remnek

 Contents

Introduction Hannah Barker and Simon Burrows; 1. Britain, 1760-1855 Hannah Barker; 2. Ireland, 1760-1855 Douglas Simes; 3. America, 1750-1833 David Copeland; 4. France, 1750-1789 Jack Censer; 5. The French Revolutionary Press Hugh Gough; 6. The French Extra-Terrestrial Press, 1759-1815 Simon Burrows; 7. The Netherlands, 1750-1813 Nicholaas van Sas; 8. Germany, 1760-1815 Eckhart Hellmuth and Wolfgang Piereth; 9. Italy, 1760-1815 Maurizio Isabella; 10. Russia, 1790-1840 Miranda Remnek; Conclusion Hannah Barker and Simon Burrows.