Narrative History of the American Press

Gregory A. Borchard, a Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), USA, teaches courses for the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies in journalism history, reporting, and research methods. Borchard's previous books include Lincoln Mediated: The President and the Press through Nineteenth-Century Media (Routledge, 2015), Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley (2011), and Journalism in the Civil War Era (2010).

"The history of this country is the history of journalism. No one tells this story with more care, skill, and elegance than Gregory Borchard." –William McKeen, Boston University, USA"At last: a Zenger-to-Twitter history of the American press, covering the vast subject from the perspective of journalists and their critics alike, with breathtakingly advancing technologies and the guarantees of the First Amendment as constant subtexts. Gregory Borchard, a leading scholar in this field, has done an outstanding job. This book should at once become—and remain—the standard reference on the subject." –Harold Holzer, Hunter College, USA

• IntroductionCh. 1, Pre-Revolution Print: The Colonial Origins of the American PressCh. 2, Thomas Paine, the Partisan Press, and "The Dark Ages of American Journalism"Ch. 3, The Penny Press: Sensationalism, Populism, and ProgressCh. 4, Nineteenth-Century Publishing Innovations in Content and TechnologyCh. 5, The Press in the Civil War Era: Pioneers in Print and PhotographyCh. 6, The Press in Transition: From Reconstruction to the Gilded Age Ch. 7, Muckraking: Reporters and ReformCh. 8, Yellow Journalism: Pulitzer and Hearst Battle for ReadersCh. 9, Public Relations: How the Press Launched an Agency of Its OwnCh. 10, Early Infotainment in Broadcast and FilmCh. 11, The Press at War: Propaganda in Print and FilmCh. 12, The Press in the Cold War: Murrow, McCarthy, and ShakespeareCh. 13, New Journalism and the Counterculture: Watchdogs and Watergate Ch. 14, The Press and the Making of Modern Media ConclusionAfterword