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The Golden Age of American Journalism

Journalism is a special sphere of human activity. It is designed to meet the most diverse needs of society: in information and education, in agitation and propaganda, in the formation of public opinion and its mirror image, in entertainment. It is even difficult to list all its functions, they are so diverse. 
The monograph examines the problems of the development of American journalism in the 1800s — 1860s of the nineteenth century. Special attention is paid to the revolution in the US periodical press, which led to the emergence of the "cheap press", the prerequisites and consequences of the formation of this phenomenon are analyzed. The competitive struggle in journalism is characterized in some detail. The analysis of the party-political press, the positions of various publications during the crisis moments in the history of the country is given. It contains detailed information about the state of the metropolitan press, as well as regions such as the North and South of the United States. The main part is devoted to the personalities of the most prominent journalists, such as J. Gales, W. Seaton, W.K. Bryant, W. Leggett, J.G. Bennett, H. Greeley, G.D. Raymond, W.L. Garrison, J. Evans. The appendix contains interesting statistical material and cartoons. The work allows us to deepen our understanding of the state of American society in the period preceding the civil War of the North and South. 
It is intended for students studying at the faculties and departments of journalism, for students of historians, philologists, sociologists, political scientists studying the history of the United States, for everyone interested in American history.