Introduction
Part I: The Press, 1704--19201. Foundations of the American Press, 1704--17632. Printers Take Sides, 1763--18323. Putting the News in Newspapers, 1833--18504. Radicals All! The Civil War Era, 1830--18755. Crusaders and Conservatives: Journalism in Yellow and Gray, 1875--19126. Professionalizing the News, in Peace and War, 1900--1920
Part II: The Media, 1920--20047. Jazz-Age Journalism, 1920--19298. Hard Times, 1929--19419. The "Good War," 1941--194510. Creating Big Media, 1946--196311. Rocking the Establishment, 1962--197412. The Establishment Holds, 1968--197413. Big Media Get Bigger, 1980--199914. Going Digital, 1995--200915 NEW CHAPTER
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