The dawn of the cheap press in Victorian Britain
Subtitle: the end of the 'taxes on knowledge', 1849-1869
By: Martin Hewitt
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781472511546; 9781472514561; 9781472513052
Subjects: English newspapers; History; Freedom of the press; Stamp duties; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : William Woods Mitchell and the West Sussex Gazette; title: Setting the scene; title: The foundations of the mid-Victorian campaigns; title: The association for the promotion of the repeal of the taxes on knowledge as a pressure group; title: Repealing the advertising and stamp duties, 1851-5; title: The paper duties, 1858-61; title: The cheap press; title: The Morning Star; title: Regulations and securities : a free press?; title: Conclusion.