American Journalism, Volume 15, Issue 1 (1998)

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Original Articles

Article
The Press under Pressure
How Georgia’s Newspapers Responded to Civil War Constraints
Cal M. Logue, Eugene F. Miller & Christopher J. Schroll
Pages: 13-34
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Peter W. Alexander
Confederate Chronicler & Conscience
Ford Risley
Pages: 35-50
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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George T. Ruby
Reconstruction Politician/Journalist
Donna L. Dickerson
Pages: 51-68
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Window on Washington in 1850
Tracking Newspaper Letter-Writers
Mark Stegmaier
Pages: 69-82
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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The Whitechapel Club
Defining Chicago’s Newspapermen in the 1890s
Alfred Lawrence Lorenz
Pages: 83-102
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Great Ideas

Article
Searching For Journalism History in Cyberspace
David T. Z. Mindich
Pages: 103-108
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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1997 Presidential Address

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History and the Age of Cyberspace
David Spencer
Pages: 109-115
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Book Reviews

Book Review
As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s.
By Karal Ann Marling. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994. Cloth, $24.95. Paper (1996), $14.95.
Marvin R. Bensman
Page: 117
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Evil Influences: Crusades Against the Mass Media.
By Steven Starker. New Brunswick, N.J., and London: Transaction Publishers, 1989 (Second Printing 1991). 212 pp. Cloth, $39.95.
Sherilyn Cox Bennion
Pages: 118-119
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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The Literary Index to American Magazines, 1850-1900.
By Daniel A. Wells. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. 441 pp. Library binding, $89.50.
Sam Riley
Pages: 119-120
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Shaped American History.
By Rodger Streitmatter. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1997. 287 pp. Paper, $17.50.
Michael D. Murray
Pages: 120-122
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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Radio: The Forgotten Medium.
Edited by Edward C. Pease and Dennis E. Everette. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, N.J., 1995. 213 pp. Paper, $21.95.
Michael H. Adams
Pages: 122-123
Published online: 24 Jul 2013
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