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Crying the news : a history of America's Newsboys / Vincent DiGirolamo.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190933258Subject(s): Paperboys -- United States -- History | Poor children -- United States -- History | Child labor -- United States -- History | Newspaper carriers -- United States -- History | Industry
| Business & ManagementAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195320251DDC classification: 381.45071 LOC classification: HD8039.N422 | U637 2019Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Crying the News' places newsboys at the centre of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. Vincent DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these 'little merchants' over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Crying the News' places newsboys at the centre of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. Vincent DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these 'little merchants' over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them.
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