Paper Emperors
Title | Paper Emperors PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Young |
Publisher | NewSouth |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 2019-03-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1742244475 |
‘A tour de force.’ — Professor Rodney Tiffen Before newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia — a country of newspaper giants and kingmakers. This magisterial book reveals who owned Australia’s newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, it explains how Australia’s media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties. Many are household names, even now: Murdoch, Fairfax, Syme, Packer. Written with verve and insight and showing unparalleled command of a vast range of sources, Sally Young shows how newspaper owners influenced policy-making, lobbied and bullied politicians, and shaped internal party politics. The book begins in 1803 with Australia’s first newspaper owner — a convict who became a wealthy bank owner — giving the industry a blend of notoriety, power and wealth from the start. Throughout the twentieth century, Australians were unaware that they were reading newspapers owned by secret bankrupts and failed land boomers, powerful mining magnates, Underbelly-style gangsters, bankers, and corporate titans. It ends with the downfall of Menzies in 1941 and his conviction that a handful of press barons brought him down. The intervening years are packed with political drama, business machinations and a struggle for readers, all while the newspaper barons are peddling power and influence.
PAPER EMPERORS
Title | PAPER EMPERORS PDF eBook |
Author | SALLY. YOUNG |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780369306937 |
Paper
Title | Paper PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 698 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Paper industry |
ISBN |
Paper
Title | Paper PDF eBook |
Author | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1176 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Mechanical engineering |
ISBN |
The Last Emperors
Title | The Last Emperors PDF eBook |
Author | Evelyn S. Rawski |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 1998-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520926790 |
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
Neither Gods Nor Emperors
Title | Neither Gods Nor Emperors PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Calhoun |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0520211618 |
Sociologist Craig Calhoun who witnessed the monumental event of which he writes offers a vivid, carefully crafted analysis of the Chinese student uprising in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989. Calhoun takes an inside look at the student movement, its complex leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy.
The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing and Library Work
Title | The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing and Library Work PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Macall Allen |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 3598220464 |
In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date from very early ages, but have for a very long time remained almost unknown to the Western world. At the IFLA satellite meeting "Chinese Written and Printed Cultural Heritage and Library Work" in Hangzhou in 2006 the richness of present day book historical research and library activities in China has been presented by more than sixty papers. This fine selection reflects the width and depth of this extremely important and immense Chinese heritage.