"A national consumer culture first emerged in the United States late in the nineteenth century. But the origins of a consumer society stretch back…"
"During the nineteenth century, the British Empire expanded greatly in terms of size, population and wealth. By the end of the century…"
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"In many respects, James II and VII's relationship to Scotland was the most interesting. His interrupted sojourn in Edinburgh as Duke of Albany…"
"The succession, under the terms of the Act of Settlement (1701), of the Elector of Hanover (George Augustus) to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland…"
Case Study: "I have used Punch on a second level module entitled "Research Methods for Media, Culture and Communication" as part of a BA (Hons)…"
"In the late 1860s, manufacturers of printing presses in the United States began producing smaller versions of their commercial offerings for use…"
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"One defence of anonymity was that it didn't seem to harm sales. The first year of Alan Pryce-Jones's editorship brought the TLS to its highest circulation ever…"
As a leading newspaper of record, the FT's coverage of important events extends much beyond financial affairs. Over the years it has reported major British and international political stories, often through colourful accounts by its own on-the-spot correspondents.
"The invocation of humour often speaks to cultural anxieties or social concerns. As such, Punch consistently provides a counterpoint to and commentary on…"
"A reader of eighteenth-century literature might suppose that newspapers are merely a source of background information…It is also true that a different…"
"The far right is best understood as a spectrum of groups and individuals who are often at odds with one another but hold in common some combination…"
"The American Revolution was a civil war in every sense of the word, a fratricidal conflict that divided men and women throughout the Empire..."
The Daily Mirror has a good claim to be Britain’s most successful and influential newspaper. During its heyday, in the middle decades of the twentieth century, it offered a tremendously powerful, if stylised, expression of left-of-centre working-class popular culture in a country dominated by conservative, middle-class voices. At its peak, in 1967, it reached the unprecedented daily circulation of 5.25 million copies, a figure that none of its rivals has come close to matching, or likely ever will.