Author:
DiGirolamo, Vincent, 1955- author.
ImprintOxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxii, 698 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Note:Introduction: echoes down the alleys of history -- Part one: Children of the penny, 1833-1865 -- Rising with the sun -- Voice of young America -- Johnny morrow and the dangerous classes -- Battle cries -- Part two: Children of the breach, 1866-1899 -- Disorder in the air -- Riding the wanderlust express -- Rumblings in the west -- Press philanthropy and the politics of want -- Yelling the yellows -- Part three: Children of the state, 1900-1940 -- Bitter cry of progress -- Sidewalks of struggle -- Call to service -- Roar of the tabloids -- Son of the forgotten man -- Conclusion: the thump on lost porches.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Note:Crying the News: A History of America's Newsboys is the first book to place newsboys at the center of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these "little merchants" over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them.
