The Edinburgh History of Scottish Newspapers, 1850-1950

Presents the first comprehensive examination of daily and weekly newspapers in Scotland in the century after 1850 Considers the city-based daily papers and the many local weeklies, which were the most extensively read papers throughout most of the period, containing international and national commentary as well as local reportsCaptures the tone of the papers by focusing on such issues as the American Civil War, parliamentary reform, changing attitudes to politics, empire and social change Consid