"Fryer’s inspiring saga against censorship is detailed in a short 160-page book published in London in 1966 by Secker & Warburg, Private Case – Public Scandal…"
"What follows is not a comprehensive survey of Punch's dealings with America, but a roadmap for how this might be pursued now that the magazine has been…"
The papers of Mary Eleanor Gawthorpe comprise an extensive collection of personal and political material from a woman whose political involvement spanned many decades and went beyond supportive activism. Gawthorpe worked full time for several feminist and socialist organisations in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in both Great Britain and the United States of America.
"Digitised newspapers have become vital tools for historians. The availability of searchable online journalism, stretching back centuries…"
"Why did the Paris Herald […] come into being where and when it did? James Gordon Bennett Jr. had taken over his father’s New York Herald in the late 1860s…"
"From the outset of the war Punch defined itself as a source of patriotic entertainment. During the conflict Punch drew on its archives to publish…"
タブロイド報道の原型を作り、20世紀後半の英国で圧倒的人気を誇った大衆日刊紙『デイリー・ミラー』の盛衰を多数の紙面画像とともに解説します。
Alfred Harmsworth, better known under his later title Lord Northcliffe, launched the Daily Mail on 4 May 1896 and laid down a model of popular journalism that still shapes our newspapers today. To his admirers, he was the ‘greatest figure who ever strode down Fleet Street’.
第二次世界大戦前後の未曽有の難民危機に関する一次資料群ついてマンチェスター大学のピーター・ガトレルが解説します。図版多数。
"The journal whose modest first eight-page issue appeared on 17 January 1902 has been a key influence on, as well as record of, contemporary culture..."
An essay introducing part four of the acclaimed series within Gale Primary Sources
Relations between Britain and China, whilst increasingly fraught throughout the nineteenth century, generated both intense animosity and commodity desirability. A British desire to have agency in China and China's sustained independence proved to be highly problematic.
"The sixteenth century was an unusual chapter in the long history of England’s complex relations with France. At the beginning of the century…"
"Situated within the iconic Round Tower at Windsor Castle, the Royal Archives holds an unparalleled collection of documents relating to the history of…"
"English society in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries experienced intense social change. The national population was increasing rapidly: from…"
An essay on the Herald’s content, and how it diversified in the early 20th century with women featured more prominently, albeit in heavily stereotyped ways.
Marie-Françoise Quignard is Honorary Curator at the Réserve des livres rares, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
"The nineteenth century saw the rapid development of towns and cities in Britain. Higher population density without adequate amenities led to…"
When the nineteenth century dawned, corporations were virtually nonexistent, and all business enterprises were relatively small. By the end of the century large corporations dominated many industries in the United States. Two factors in particular contributed to this development.
"Ever since 4 May 1896, the Daily Mail has been praised and plagiarised, copied and cursed. It has been ceremoniously incinerated and ceremonially honoured…"