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American newspapers redefined journalism after the Civil War by breaking away from the editorial and financial control of the Democratic and Republican parties. Still active politically, independent editors now sought to influence their readers' opinions themselves rather than serve as conduits for the party line.

(Hardback)

A study of the transition from partisan to commercial newspapers as a gradual process between the founding of the penny papers in New York through the Civil War.

(Hardback)

The second book in a six-volume series on the history of American journalism, this book focuses on the 50 years following the end of the Revolution, during which the American press grew and expanded.