Home Town News : William Allen White and the Emporia Gazette.
Title:
Home Town News : William Allen White and the Emporia Gazette.
Author:
Griffith, Sally Foreman.
ISBN:
9780198022268
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: The New Man -- 1. The Education of a "Somebody" -- 2. The New Editor -- PART II: The Old Order Changeth -- 3. A Practical Printer -- 4. The Making of a Progressive -- 5. Booster Progressivism -- 6. Spokesman for Community -- 7. Community Journalism -- PART III: Nationalizing the Community -- 8. Booster Nationalism -- 9. Mass Media Come to the Small Town -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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