V. 1. History of foreign journalism in San Fransico. 1939. -- v. 2. Frontier journalism in San Francisco, 1939. -- v. 3. History of the San Francisco-Oakland newspaper guild, by Russell Quinn, 1940. v. 4. Trends in size, circulation, news and advertising in San Francisco journalism, 1870-1938, 1940. v. 5. The San Fransico press and the fire of 1906, by Russell Quinn, 1940. v. 6. History of the physical growth and technological advance of the San Francisco press, by Charles Holmes and Isom Shepard, 1940. v. 7. Anthology of editorials 1850-1900, 1941?.

American newspapers redefined journalism after the Civil War by breaking away from the editorial and financial control of the Democratic and Republican parties. Smythe chronicles the rise of the New Journalism, where pegging newspaper sales to market forces was the cost of editorial independence. Successful papers in post-bellum America thrived by catering to a mass audience, which increased their circulations and raised their advertising revenues. Still active politically, independent editors now sought to influence their readers' opinions themselves rather than serve as conduits for the party line.

V. 1. History of foreign journalism in San Fransico. 1939. -- v. 2. Frontier journalism in San Francisco, 1939. -- v. 3. History of the San Francisco-Oakland newspaper guild, by Russell Quinn, 1940. v. 4. Trends in size, circulation, news and advertising in San Francisco journalism, 1870-1938, 1940. v. 5. The San Fransico press and the fire of 1906, by Russell Quinn, 1940. v. 6. History of the physical growth and technological advance of the San Francisco press, by Charles Holmes and Isom Shepard, 1940. v. 7. Anthology of editorials 1850-1900, 1941?.

A new look at how the issues of concern in the public sphere were influenced by journalism and political organizing in American cities in the second half of the 19th century.

This timely collection provides a historical overview of violence in American popular culture from the Puritan era to the present and across a range of media. Few topics are discussed more broadly today than violence in American popular culture. Unfortunately, such discussion is often unsupported by fact and lacking in historical context. This two-volume work aims to remedy that through a series of concise, detailed essays that explore why violence has always been a fundamental part of American popular culture, the ways in which it has appeared, and how the nature and expression of interest in it have changed over time. Each volume of the collection is organized chronologically. The first focuses on violent events and phenomena in American history that have been treated across a range of popular cultural media. Topics include Native American genocide, slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and gender violence. The second volume explores the treatment of violence in popular culture as it relates to specific genres—for example, Puritan "execution sermons," dime novels, television, film, and video games. An afterword looks at the forces that influence how violence is presented, discusses what violence in pop culture tells us about American culture as a whole, and speculates about the future.