By Martin Hewitt

ISBN-10: 1472511549

ISBN-13: 9781472511546

The sunrise of the inexpensive Press offers the 1st distinct learn of the mid-Victorian crusade for the repeal of the taxes on wisdom for over 100 years. utilizing the lately came across papers of the organization for the merchandising of the Repeal of the Taxes on wisdom and making the most of new sorts of learn made attainable via the digitisation of 19th century newspapers, it assesses the influence of the removing of the final surviving felony disabilities at the newspaper undefined, the character of journalism, and the cultures and practices of newspaper analyzing. The booklet demonstrates that the crusade opposed to the taxes on wisdom retained large well known charm, and performed a tremendous position within the politics of mid-Victorian budgets. It not just makes a seminal contribution to the historical past of the 19th century press and print tradition, but additionally illuminates the tradition and politics of mid-Victorian Britain, deals a huge re-reading of the historical past of extra-parliamentary strain workforce politics and offers new insights into the origins of Gladstonian Liberalism.

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