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Book SynopsisIn this lively account of the rise of a commercial newspaper industry in imperial Russia, Louise McReynolds explores how the mass-circulation press created a forum for popular opinion advocating political change. From the Great Reforms of Tsar Alexander II in 1855 to the Bolsheviks' shut-down of the newspapers in 1917, she chronicles the exploits o
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Illustrations, pg. vii*Tables, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Abbreviations Used in Footnotes and Tables, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 3*1. The Origins of the Mass-Circulation Press, pg. 11*2. The Transition to Commercial Independence, 1863-1876, pg. 30*3. The Newspaper from the Boulevard, 1864-1876, pg. 52*4. The News Shapes the Medium: War and Assassination, 1876-1881, pg. 73*5. The Newspaper in Battle with the "Thick" Journal: Commercialization and Objectivity in the 1880s, pg. 97*6. The Grounding of a Public Institution in the 1890s, pg. 123*7. The Newspaper Reporter, pg. 145*8. The Journalism of Imperialism: The Russo-Japanese War, pg. 168*9. Russian Newspapers in Revolution, 1905-1907, pg. 198*10. The Newspaper Between Revolution and War, 1907-1914, pg. 223*11. The Newspaper in World War and Revolution, 1914-1917, pg. 253*Conclusion, pg. 282*Appendix A. Numbers, Circulations, and Street Sales of Newspapers, pg. 293*Appendix B. Statistics on Punishment by the Censorship, pg. 300*Appendix C. Content Analyses of Major Newspapers, pg. 305*Index, pg. 311
