Faith in reading : religious publishing and the birth of mass media in America

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Label

Faith in reading : religious publishing and the birth of mass media in America

Title remainder

religious publishing and the birth of mass media in America

Statement of responsibility

David Paul Nord

Creator

• Nord, David Paul

Subject

• Mass media -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Religious literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Tract societies -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Christians -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

This is the remarkable story of the unlikely origins of modern media culture. In the early 19th century, a few entrepreneurs decided the time was right to launch a true mass media in America. Though they were savvy businessmen, their publishing enterprises were not commercial businesses but nonprofit religious organizations

Dewey number

070.5097309034

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized