Journalism's roving eye
Subtitle: a history of American foreign reporting
By: John Maxwell Hamilton.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780807134740
Subjects: Foreign news -- United States -- History; Foreign correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: A sweeping and definitive history of American foreign news reporting from its inception to the present day. Chronicles the economic and technological advances that have influenced overseas coverage, as well as the cavalcade of colorful personalities who shaped readers' perceptions of the world across two centuries.--from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The manners and customs of all nations; title: I rise to be useful; title: Tomorrow's mail; title: Dishing the foreign news; title: Mr. Kendall's express; title: Foreign commissioner for the Tribune; title: Find Livingstone; title: A minute, over the newspaper, before breakfast; title: Thinking with their thoughts; title: A bell-ringer; title: L'homme Enchaîné; title: The highest realm; title: My own job in my own way; title: Who's who; title: New worlds to conquer; title: Send the whole bunch of them packing; title: Gimme the air!; title: Hey soldier, I'm wounded!; title: Two warring ideals in one dark body; title: The strange case of Edgar Snow; title: Why don't you get on the team?; title: Dossing down; title: The correspondent's kit; title: The natural history of foreign correspondence.