The Pamphleteers: The Birth of Journalism, Emergence of the Press & the Fourth Estate by James A. Oliver - 2010-09-15

Information Architects, 2010. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Information Architects, 2010. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Information Architects. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Information Architects, 2010. Paperback. New. 184 pages. 7.80x4.96x0.47 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

FINE UNREAD RARE SIGNED COPY (author signed). The Pamphleteers is an investigation into the early journalism. In an era long before the advent of the periodical press, the pamphleteers were the world s proto-journalists. As a paper platform for a spectrum of religious fanatics, eccentrics, social reporters and satirists, the pamphlet evolved as a weapon of propaganda (forged between the fledgling press and the censorship of the Star Chamber) for powerful vested interest groups, political parties, governments - and revolutionists. The Guttenberg press of the Renaissance provided the spark and the sixteenth century Reformation the explosive fuel for the pamphleteering phenomenon. As the pamphlet form took root, then so English prose evolved from its antique form to embrace an extraordinary spectrum of literary techniques and styles from cod-polemic to ferocious satire, and beyond. In times of religious ferment, civil war, colonial unrest and revolution, such texts - risky or even dangerous to publish… Read More

Information Architects, 2010-09-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!