Title: Print, politics and the provincial press in modern Britain /
Authors: Cawood, Ian,; Peters, Lisa, 1974-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Community newspapers Great Britain.; Local mass media Political aspects Great Britain.; Communication Political aspects Great Britain.; Communication Political aspects; Community newspapers; Local mass media Political aspects; Great Britain.
Abstract: "The provincial newspaper was read by peers, politicians and the proletariat alike. It is striking, however, how limited a range of newspapers and journals are offered for analysis in most historical studies of the political media in modern Britain. The predominance of the London political press and Punch in academic discourse appears to derive largely from the easy availability of these papers and journals to modern scholars rather than their actual distribution and popularity. Consequently there has been a distinct lack of attention given to the British regional press by historians hitherto. This collection aims to correct this imbalance by investigating the development, maturation and persistence of the provincial political press in the British Isles in the modern era. Chapters covering aspects of the Irish, Yorkshire, Welsh, Scottish and Midlands political press are included to ensure a representative geographical spread of provincial Britain. These chapters cover previously neglected aspects of print culture, political literacy and reading practices across regions of Britain in the late eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to offer an introduction to research in this burgeoning field of study"--
Contents: That nefarious newspaper : the Dublin evening post, 1789-1794 / Duncan Frankis -- A 'paper war' : John Rann, George Walters and the political print culture in Dudley, Worcestershire, c.1814-1832 / Judith Davies -- "One of the most extraordinary publications which has ever appeared" : George Edmonds versus the Monthly Argus / Susan Thomas -- "Mr O'Connor, famous chartist, visits town" : reporting chartism in South West Scotland / Helen Williams -- Hopeful words and the neighbourly order of the world : revealing radical language practice through traces of temporary ownership / Paul Wilson -- "We must get in front of these blighters" : political press culture in the West Midlands, 1918-1925 / James Brennan and Ian Cawood -- "We defy Mr Watkin Williams to point to a single instance, where his personal character has been assailed" : the Wrexham guardian v Watkin Williams, MP / Lisa Peters -- Identifying the readers and correspondents of the Northern star, 1837-1847 / Victoria Clarke -- The Freeman's journal, evening packet and Saunders's news-letter : musical identities, political identities / Catherine Ferris.