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David Syme : man of the Age /
In Australia, from Victoria's goldrush of the 1850s to Melbourne's boom of the 1880s and bust-to-recovery of the 1890s, newspapers dominated the Australian publishing scene. Uniquely, they provided local, intercolonial, and international news; magazine content from the popular to the intel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia :
Monash University Publishing ; State Library of Victoria,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Biography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- About the author; Front matter; Title page; Copyright and imprint information; Opening quotes; CONTENTS; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; List of abbreviations; Preface and acknowledgments; PART I
- PRELUDE; Ch 1. The legacy of David Syme; Ch 2. David and his brothers; Ch 3. David and Ebenezer; Ch 4. Joining Ebenezer at the Age; PART II
- SUPPORTING A SISTER-IN-LAW; Ch 5. 'I felt it to be my duty'; Ch 6. 'Beginning to make progress'; Ch 7. 'Business is good but money scarce'; Ch 8. 'The Age has just scored a tremendous Victory'; PART III
- NEGOTIATING WITH A NEPHEW.
- Ch 9. 'I am the man who has made the firm a success'Ch 10. 'Expedition is everything in newspaper work'; Ch 11. 'Everything going on well'; Ch 12. 'Neither pleasure nor profit in continuing our partnership'; PART IV
- A FREE HAND; Ch 13. 'I am not prepared to make any compromise whatever'; Ch 14. 'I am sending forth on their travels my two youngest sons'; Ch 15. 'I will see the thing through'; Afterwords; Appendix A: Newspapers and periodicals published by the Age business under David Syme; Appendix B: David Syme's personal publications; Sources; Index.