The Southern Country Editor

by Thomas D. Clark and Gilbert C. Fite

Book Overview

First published in 1948, The Southern Country Editor is a study of the country press from the time of the Civil War to the 1930s. More than a mere account of the country newspaper, it is a picture of eighty years of Southern life and thought.

The country weekly played an enormously important role in shaping rural Southern opinion. Editors assumed responsibility as community spokesmen. The South had special problems with which country...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872497674
• ISBN13: 9780872497672
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"