Giving Meanings to the World
Subtitle: The First U.S. Foreign Correspondents, 1838-1859 (Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: June 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780313322907
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Press & journalism; c 1800 to c 1900; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; USA; Communication; Journalism; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; 19th century; Biography; Foreign correspondents; Foreign news; History; United States
First sentence: Amidst the Civil War, a Southern newspaper editor printed on the front page a lengthy article from a correspondent in Italy about the inauguration of the "monumental cemetery" in Genoa1anecdotal, but evidence nonetheless of U.S. journalists' continued interest in foreign news of all kinds.