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Palmerston and the Times : Foreign Policy, the Press and Public Opinion in Mid-Victorian Britain.

England in the Age of Palmerston had two players of colossal influence on the world stage: Lord Palmerston himself - the dominant figure in foreign affairs in the mid-nineteenth century - and The Times - the first global newspaper, read avidly by statesmen around the world. Palmerston was also one o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fenton, Laurence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
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Sumario:England in the Age of Palmerston had two players of colossal influence on the world stage: Lord Palmerston himself - the dominant figure in foreign affairs in the mid-nineteenth century - and The Times - the first global newspaper, read avidly by statesmen around the world. Palmerston was also one of the first real media-manipulating politicians of the modern age, forging close links with a number of publications to create the so-called 'Palmerston press'. His relationship with The Times was more turbulent, a prolonged and bitter rivalry preceding eventual rapprochement during the Crimean War.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (307 pages)
ISBN:9780857736512
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