The business of news

The business of news / by Heiko Droste ; translated by Madeleine Hurd.

"In the seventeenth century news was an investment in social relationships, a resource that concerned the interests of members of functional elites. Exchanging news entailed different forms of participation in functional elites and, thus, privilege. This business was part of the elites' in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Droste, Heiko, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Library of the written word ; 86.
Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 67.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Press > Baltic States > History > 17th century.
Press and politics > Baltic States > History > 17th century.
Journalism > Baltic States > History > 17th century.
Journalism > Social aspects > Baltic States.
Journalism
Journalism > Social aspects
Press
Press and politics
Baltic States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Geschäft mit Nachrichten.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Copyright page / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Acknowledgements / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Figures / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Abbreviations / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Chapter 1 News in the Era of the Printing Press / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Chapter 2 Infrastructure / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Chapter 3 The Newspaper in Seventeenth-Century Tracts / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Chapter 4 News Agents / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Chapter 5 Postmasters / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Epilogue The Baroque and the Contemporary News Market / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography / Author: Heiko Droste
  • Index / Author: Heiko Droste.

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