Mark Hampton is an associate professor of history at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a co-editor of the journal Media History.

"No one interested in British journalism can afford to miss this stimulating book."--Modernism/modernity "An impressive and important survey of a neglected subject. Hampton offers several interesting new ways of thinking about the press in this period, and has deepened our understanding of the connections between the debates on the nature of journalism and the broader development of 'mass society'. By situating the press in its full political, social, and cultural context, moreover, he offers a salutary example to other media historians."--Twentieth Century British History "Mark Hampton has succeeded in presenting a critical study both of 'how the press was discussed and understood in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' (2), and of how the press's role changed over that period from educator of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to entertainer and propagandiser of the 'people.' . . . The result is a study that should be as interesting for the general reader as it is valuable to intellectual historians and periodicals scholars."--Victorian Periodicals Review "This is an important, groundbreaking book that establishes Mark Hampton as a major scholar in the field. He challenges prevailing orthodoxy with clear and powerful arguments while effectively linking history with today's heated debates about the role of tabloids and the right to privacy."--Joel Wiener, emeritus professor of history, City University of New York "An essential book that addresses the development of the popular press in a highly original way. It will make a major contribution to research and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including politics, media, and cultural studies. Anyone with an interest in the health of our democracies should read carefully what this book has to say."--Aled Jones, author of Powers of the Press: Newspapers, Power and the Public in Nineteenth-Century England

Mark Hampton is an associate professor of history at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a co-editor of the journal Media History.

"No one interested in British journalism can afford to miss this stimulating book."--Modernism/modernity "An impressive and important survey of a neglected subject. Hampton offers several interesting new ways of thinking about the press in this period, and has deepened our understanding of the connections between the debates on the nature of journalism and the broader development of 'mass society'. By situating the press in its full political, social, and cultural context, moreover, he offers a salutary example to other media historians."--Twentieth Century British History "Mark Hampton has succeeded in presenting a critical study both of 'how the press was discussed and understood in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' (2), and of how the press's role changed over that period from educator of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to entertainer and propagandiser of the 'people.' . . . The result is a study that should be as interesting for the general reader as it is valuable to intellectual historians and periodicals scholars."--Victorian Periodicals Review "This is an important, groundbreaking book that establishes Mark Hampton as a major scholar in the field. He challenges prevailing orthodoxy with clear and powerful arguments while effectively linking history with today's heated debates about the role of tabloids and the right to privacy."--Joel Wiener, emeritus professor of history, City University of New York "An essential book that addresses the development of the popular press in a highly original way. It will make a major contribution to research and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including politics, media, and cultural studies. Anyone with an interest in the health of our democracies should read carefully what this book has to say."--Aled Jones, author of Powers of the Press: Newspapers, Power and the Public in Nineteenth-Century England

Mark Hampton is an associate professor of history at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a co-editor of the journal Media History.

"No one interested in British journalism can afford to miss this stimulating book."--Modernism/modernity "An impressive and important survey of a neglected subject. Hampton offers several interesting new ways of thinking about the press in this period, and has deepened our understanding of the connections between the debates on the nature of journalism and the broader development of 'mass society'. By situating the press in its full political, social, and cultural context, moreover, he offers a salutary example to other media historians."--Twentieth Century British History "Mark Hampton has succeeded in presenting a critical study both of 'how the press was discussed and understood in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' (2), and of how the press's role changed over that period from educator of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to representative voice of the 'people' to entertainer and propagandiser of the 'people.' . . . The result is a study that should be as interesting for the general reader as it is valuable to intellectual historians and periodicals scholars."--Victorian Periodicals Review "This is an important, groundbreaking book that establishes Mark Hampton as a major scholar in the field. He challenges prevailing orthodoxy with clear and powerful arguments while effectively linking history with today's heated debates about the role of tabloids and the right to privacy."--Joel Wiener, emeritus professor of history, City University of New York "An essential book that addresses the development of the popular press in a highly original way. It will make a major contribution to research and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including politics, media, and cultural studies. Anyone with an interest in the health of our democracies should read carefully what this book has to say."--Aled Jones, author of Powers of the Press: Newspapers, Power and the Public in Nineteenth-Century England