Home town news : William Allen White and the Emporia gazette / Sally Foreman Griffith.

Author
Griffith, Sally Foreman [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Description
1 online resource (viii, 291 pages) : illustrations

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Summary note
This biography of William Allen White, one of the best known newspaper editors of early 20th century America, is concerned not only with White's career, but also with small-town values and achievements in turn-of-the-century America, when the nation was changing dramatically.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Bibiography: p. [243]-282.
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Language note
English
Contents
Contents; Introduction; 1. The Education of a ""Somebody""; 2. The New Editor; 3. A Practical Printer; 4. The Making of a Progressive; 5. Booster Progressivism; 6. Spokesman for Community; 7. Community Journalism; 8. Booster Nationalism; 9. Mass Media Come to the Small Town; Epilogue; Notes; Index
ISBN
  • 1-280-52352-2
  • 0-19-802226-3
OCLC
  • 466425409
  • 935260504
  • 18106141
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