The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age

Summary: Newspapers and periodicals have long been recognized as indispensable resources for those interested in all aspects of the nineteenth century, but they remain neglected due to difficulties working with the large and complicated print archive. In The Nineteenth-Century Press in the Digital Age, Mussell provides an accessible account of how this archive has been transformed through digitization. Now that it is relatively accessible, he argues that we cannot afford to continue to ignore this material. However, we must be able to understand both the complicated forms of newspapers and periodicals and how they have been transformed by various digital resources. In this book, Mussell situates both the print and the digital within a broader media history and argues that the way to understand a culture is through its media, whether this is in the nineteenth century, or today.

Record details

ISBN: 9781283440189
ISBN: 1283440180
ISBN: 0230235530
ISBN: 9780230235533
ISBN: 9781349313921
ISBN: 0230365469
ISBN: 9780230365469
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.22 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: from front page to home page -- 1. From the margins and for the margins: studying the nineteenth-century press today -- 2. Bibliographic codes and visual modes: the role of the visual on page and screen -- 3. Editions and archives / James Mussell and Suzanne Paylor -- 4. Newspapers and periodicals in class -- Conclusion: we have always been users.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed January 27, 2014).