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Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys is the first book to place newsboys at the center of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. DiGirolamo's swee...

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Main Author: DiGirolamo, Vincent, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Paperboys > United States > History.
Poor children > United States > History.
Child labor > United States > History.
Newspaper carriers > United States > History.
Enfants pauvres > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > Travail > États-Unis > Histoire.
19th Century.
United States.
HISTORY.
Americas (North.
Social History.
Journalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Child labor
Newspaper carriers
Paperboys
Poor children
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys is the first book to place newsboys at the center of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. 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
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 698 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Awards:Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, 2020
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199717729
0199717729
9780190933258
0190933259
9780199910779
0199910774