The coming of the frontier press
Subtitle: how the West was really won
By: Barbara Cloud ; foreword by Alan K. Simpson.
Contributors: Simpson, Alan K.
Series: Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American press; Visions of the American press
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780810125087
Subjects: American newspapers -- West (U.S.) -- History; Press -- West (U.S.) -- History; Journalism -- West (U.S.) -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The West as a region; title: The mining camp press; title: The booster press; title: The press and the iron horse; title: Fostering political discourse; title: Plentiful voices; title: Obliterating the frontier; title: The legacy of frontier journalism; title: The new frontier; title: Manifest destiny realized.