The dawn of the cheap press in Victorian Britain

the end of the 'taxes on knowledge', 1849-1869

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Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
309

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Table of Contents

Prologue : William Woods Mitchell and the West Sussex Gazette
Setting the scene
The foundations of the mid-Victorian campaigns
The association for the promotion of the repeal of the taxes on knowledge as a pressure group
Repealing the advertising and stamp duties, 1851-5
The paper duties, 1858-61
The cheap press
The Morning Star
Regulations and securities : a free press?
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index.

Published in
London, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
072.09034
Library of Congress
PN5117 .H48 2014, PN5124, PN5117.H49 2014eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 309 pages
Number of pages
309

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31300284M
ISBN 10
1472511549, 1472514564, 1472513053
ISBN 13
9781472511546, 9781472514561, 9781472513052
LCCN
2014486470
OCLC/WorldCat
859183958

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